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The "Nixon Sabotage": The Political Origins Of The Equal Protection Challenge To The Voting Rights Act, Danieli Evans 
Boston College Law School
The "Nixon Sabotage": The Political Origins Of The Equal Protection Challenge To The Voting Rights Act, Danieli Evans
Boston College Journal of Law & Social Justice
Critics of the Voting Rights Act argue that the anti-discrimination law requires states to engage in unconstitutional discrimination, as state decisionmakers must be conscious of race in order to ensure that voting policies do not weaken minority representation. This argument relies on the idea that subjective racial motivation is the essence of unconstitutional discrimination (even if benevolent, or to promote racial inclusion). The conventional understanding among constitutional scholars is that this “search for the bigoted decisionmaker” developed in employment and housing discrimination decisions between 1976 and 1979. Previous accounts have not recognized the role that the 1971 school desegregation decision ...
Crawford V. Marion County Election Board: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words And Exactly One Vote, Brian C. Crook 
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Crawford V. Marion County Election Board: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words And Exactly One Vote, Brian C. Crook
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
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Jewish Women Under Siege: The Fight For Survival On The Front Lines Of Love And The Law, Adam H. Koblenz University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Jewish Women Under Siege: The Fight For Survival On The Front Lines Of Love And The Law, Adam H. Koblenz
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
The Role Of Courts Vis-À-Vis Legislatures In The Same-Sex Marriage Context: Sexual Orientation As A Suspect Classification, Ingrid M. Lofgren University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
The Role Of Courts Vis-À-Vis Legislatures In The Same-Sex Marriage Context: Sexual Orientation As A Suspect Classification, Ingrid M. Lofgren
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Are You My Mother?: Removing A Gestational Surrogate’S Name From The Birth Certificate In The Name Of Equal Protection, Erin V. Podolny University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Are You My Mother?: Removing A Gestational Surrogate’S Name From The Birth Certificate In The Name Of Equal Protection, Erin V. Podolny
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Municipal Liability And Liability Of Supervisors: Litigation Significance Of Recent Trends And Developments, Karen Blum, Celeste Koeleveld, Joel B. Rudin, Martin A. Schwartz 
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Municipal Liability And Liability Of Supervisors: Litigation Significance Of Recent Trends And Developments, Karen Blum, Celeste Koeleveld, Joel B. Rudin, Martin A. Schwartz
Touro Law Review
"The purpose of this presentation is to examine two recent Supreme Court decisions, Connick v. Thompson and Ashcroft v. Iqbal with an eye to their impact on how lower federal courts will assess such claims in the wake of new constraints imposed by these cases. The focus of the discussion will be on developments in single-incident liability cases after Connick and supervisory liability claims after Iqbal."
Legal Affairs: Dreyfus, Guantánamo, And The Foundation Of The Rule Of Law, David Cole Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Legal Affairs: Dreyfus, Guantánamo, And The Foundation Of The Rule Of Law, David Cole
Touro Law Review
Analogous to the Dreyfus affair, America's reaction to the events of September 11, 2001, subverted the rule of law to impose penalties on those it viewed as a threat. There are lessons to be learned from both the Dreyfus affair and America's reaction to September 11, 2001.
Due Process In American Military Tribunals After September 11, 2001, Gary Shaw Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Due Process In American Military Tribunals After September 11, 2001, Gary Shaw
Touro Law Review
The Authorization for Use of Military Force ("AUMF") provides broad powers for a president after September 11, 2001. President Bush, under the AUMF, claimed he had the power to hold "enemy combatants" without due process. This gave rise to two questions that the article addresses: "Could they be held indefinitely without charges or proceedings being initiated? If proceedings had to be initiated, what process was due to the defendants?"
Introduction: Persecution Through Prosecution: Revisiting Touro Law Center’S Conference In Paris On The Dreyfus Affair And The Leo Frank Trial, Rodger D. Citron Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Introduction: Persecution Through Prosecution: Revisiting Touro Law Center’S Conference In Paris On The Dreyfus Affair And The Leo Frank Trial, Rodger D. Citron
Touro Law Review
This piece provides the introduction for the Dreyfus affair. It gives a brief overview of the actual Dreyfus affair and outlines the articles in this volume.
The Master's Tools: Deconstructing The Socratic Method And Its Disparate Impact On Women Through The Prism Of The Equal Protection Doctrine, Tanisha Makeba Bailey University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
The Master's Tools: Deconstructing The Socratic Method And Its Disparate Impact On Women Through The Prism Of The Equal Protection Doctrine, Tanisha Makeba Bailey
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Lis Pendens And Procedural Due Process, William B. Hanley 
Pepperdine University
Lis Pendens And Procedural Due Process, William B. Hanley
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Steed V. Imperial Airlines, Clay Plotkin Pepperdine University
Equal Protection For Illegitimate Children In State Welfare Programs, Phillip North Pepperdine University
Equal Protection For Illegitimate Children In State Welfare Programs, Phillip North
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bilingual Welfare Notice Not Required - Guerrero V. Carleson, 9 Cal. 3d 808, 512 P.2d 833, 109 Cal. Rptr. 201 (1973), Mary Beth Diez Pepperdine University
Bilingual Welfare Notice Not Required - Guerrero V. Carleson, 9 Cal. 3d 808, 512 P.2d 833, 109 Cal. Rptr. 201 (1973), Mary Beth Diez
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Illegitimate Children And Constitutional Review, Clayton W. Plotkin, John Vodonick Pepperdine University
Illegitimate Children And Constitutional Review, Clayton W. Plotkin, John Vodonick
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Constitutional Infirmity Of The California Government Claim Statute, James C. Downing, Nikolai Tehin Jr. Pepperdine University
The Constitutional Infirmity Of The California Government Claim Statute, James C. Downing, Nikolai Tehin Jr.
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Void For Vagueness: State Statutes
Proscribing Conduct Only
For A Juvenile, Edward R. Roybal Pepperdine University
Void For Vagueness: State Statutes Proscribing Conduct Only For A Juvenile, Edward R. Roybal
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
California Garageman's Liens: Procedural Due Process Restored, Len Carafa Pepperdine University
California Garageman's Liens: Procedural Due Process Restored, Len Carafa
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
State Recoupment Of The Costs Of Defense Of Indigent Criminal Defendants , Mark M. Horgan Pepperdine University
State Recoupment Of The Costs Of Defense Of Indigent Criminal Defendants , Mark M. Horgan
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Johnson V. Superior Court - The Future Of The Grand Jury Indictment In California , Suzanne Haigh Pepperdine University
Johnson V. Superior Court - The Future Of The Grand Jury Indictment In California , Suzanne Haigh
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
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