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How Much Diversity Can The Us Constitution Stand?, Tanya Washington Dec 2015

How Much Diversity Can The Us Constitution Stand?, Tanya Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

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The New Battleground For Same-Sex Couples Is Equal Rights For Their Kids, Tanya Washington Oct 2015

The New Battleground For Same-Sex Couples Is Equal Rights For Their Kids, Tanya Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

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From Slavery To Obama: The Affirmative Action Revolution, Tanya Washington Jun 2015

From Slavery To Obama: The Affirmative Action Revolution, Tanya Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

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Jurisprudential Ties That Blind: The Means To Ending Affirmative Action, Tanya M. Washington Jun 2015

Jurisprudential Ties That Blind: The Means To Ending Affirmative Action, Tanya M. Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

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Better Safe? Why Obergefell Matters Before Court Rules, Tanya Washington Jun 2015

Better Safe? Why Obergefell Matters Before Court Rules, Tanya Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

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Scholars Of The Constitutional Rights Of Children (Amici Curiae), Tanya M. Washington Mar 2015

Scholars Of The Constitutional Rights Of Children (Amici Curiae), Tanya M. Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

My co-authors and I filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges last month. Our first co-authored amicus brief was filed with the Supreme Court in U.S. Windsor in 2013, and it was cited by the Respondents in their brief to the Court. The Defense of Marriage Act's harmful impact on children in same-sex families was the focus of that brief, and the Court acknowledged those harms as relevant to its analysis of DOMA's constitutionality. Our brief was published in the Iowa Journal of Gender, Race and Justice.

In our amicus brief in Obergefell v. …