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State And Local Workers’ Rights Innovations: New Players, New Laws, New Methods Of Enforcement, Terri Gerstein

Saint Louis University Law Journal

This article describes and analyzes the considerable surge in state and local government activity protecting workers in recent years. It situates this growth in state and local action as a response to degradation of working conditions resulting from longstanding economic, political, and legal trends, and the resulting worker organizing to counter those trends. It also positions this burgeoning activity as a reaction to challenges at the federal level, including rollbacks and worker-hostile policies by the Trump administration, as well as gridlock in Congress.

The article frames the uptick in state and local worker protection activity within three specific categories: new …

The Role Of Religion In State Public Accommodations Laws, Elizabeth Sepper

Saint Louis University Law Journal

In this Article, I provide a comprehensive account of the role of religion in public accommodations laws. I analyze public accommodations statutes across the fifty states, identify their boundaries, and categorize their religious exemptions. In so doing, I interrogate and debunk misconceptions widely held even by legal scholars that: the Civil Rights Act is a representative public accommodations law; antidiscrimination obligations of retail establishments and social service providers are unusual or new; exemptions for religious entities or small businesses are common; and public accommodations laws have as their central aim remedying market exclusion.

Part I sets out the basic framework …

When, Where And Why The First Amendment Protects The Right To Record Police Communications: A Substantial Interference Guideline For Determining The Scope Of The Right To Record And For Revamping Restrictive State Wiretapping Laws, Justin Welply

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Chamber Of Commerce V. Whiting And The Future Of State Immigration Laws, Gregory Delassus

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Sunshine In Cyberspace? Electronic Deliberation And The Reach Of Open Meeting Laws, Stephen Schaeffer

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Assessing Patient Protection Laws, Dayna Bowen Matthew

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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