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The Reform Of Ethics Rules In Arkansas Government, Robert B. Leflar
The Reform Of Ethics Rules In Arkansas Government, Robert B. Leflar
Robert B Leflar
This essay outlines existing conflict-of-interest rules in Arkansas government, particularly for state agencies, boards and commissions. The essay identifies weaknesses in the rules, and suggests disclosure requirements and certain restrictions on voting by board members with conflicts.
Revisiting Gay Rights Coalition Of Georgetown Law Center V. Georgetown University A Decade Later: Free Exercise Challenges And The Nondiscrimination Laws Protecting Homosexuals, Matthew J. Parlow
Matthew Parlow
Using the controversial 1987 case between Georgetown University and a gay and lesbian student organization as a backdrop, this article analyzes the free exercise rights of religiously-affiliated colleges and universities and their ability to discriminate against gay and lesbian student groups. The article tracks the jurisprudential development of free exercise challenges and details why current United States Supreme Court precedent provides little protection for such colleges and universities. Given the weakened state of free exercise rights, this article examines what rights and protections, if any, gays and lesbians have under the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause and local and state …