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State Responses To Task Force Reports On Race And Ethnic Bias In The Courts, Suellyn Scarnecchia Jan 1993

State Responses To Task Force Reports On Race And Ethnic Bias In The Courts, Suellyn Scarnecchia

Articles

While several states have embarked on studies of race and ethnic bias in their courts, Minnesota is only the sixth to publish its report to date. As Minnesota joins the ranks of states with published reports, it is worthwhile to assess the impact of the five earlier published reports from other states. Final reports have been published in Michigan (1989), Washington (1990), New York (1991), Florida (1991) and New Jersey (1992). The published reports make findings and provide several specific recommendations for change. This article will review the published findings and recommendations of the task forces and will discuss the …


Untenable, Unchristian, And Unconstitutional, Carl W. Tobias Jan 1993

Untenable, Unchristian, And Unconstitutional, Carl W. Tobias

Law Faculty Publications

Professor Tobias provides an account of the ultimately successful 1960 efforts to desegregate the Petersburg, Virginia Public Library.


Civil Rights: Persons Infected With Hiv: Stewart B. Mckinney Foundation V. Town Plan &(And) Zoning Commission: Forcing The Aids Community To Live A Prophylactic Existence, Patrick F. Summers Jan 1993

Civil Rights: Persons Infected With Hiv: Stewart B. Mckinney Foundation V. Town Plan &(And) Zoning Commission: Forcing The Aids Community To Live A Prophylactic Existence, Patrick F. Summers

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


Themes Of Injustice: Wrongful Convictions, Racial Prejudice, And Lawyer Incompetence, Bennett L. Gershman Jan 1993

Themes Of Injustice: Wrongful Convictions, Racial Prejudice, And Lawyer Incompetence, Bennett L. Gershman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The U. S. criminal justice system has undergone radical changes in the past generation. Crime is more complex; prosecutors are more powerful; and courts, corrections agencies, and defense services are burdened with larger case loads and tighter budgets. It is not the best of times to talk about justice. Yet, it is a subject that needs to be constantly addressed, particularly in times of crisis. The following essay focuses on some of the problems that present themselves in the criminal justice system today, including the conviction of innocent defendants, especially in capital cases; racial prejudice; and lawyer incompetence.


America's Counterrevolution - Unlearned Lessons, Nathaniel R. Jones Jan 1993

America's Counterrevolution - Unlearned Lessons, Nathaniel R. Jones

Cleveland State Law Review

"America's Counterrevolution - Unlearned Lessons" is about America's social revolution -which saw this nation change from a state that constitutionally sanctioned human degradation in the form of slavery and segregation, into one that enshrined in its basic charter human rights and guarantees of equality before the law for all persons. The revolution, in what Justice Marshall calls our "system of constitutional government", made our legal system the wonder of the world, which others constantly seek to emulate. In order to understand what is required of Americans as they find themselves in this counterrevolutionary period with respect to civil rights, there …


Rights Held Hostage: Race, Ideology And The Peremptory Challenge, Kenneth B. Nunn Jan 1993

Rights Held Hostage: Race, Ideology And The Peremptory Challenge, Kenneth B. Nunn

UF Law Faculty Publications

This Article addresses the Supreme Court's application of the Equal Protection Clause to the selection of juries in criminal trials. Focusing on Black-white relations, it takes the position that efforts to eliminate racial discrimination in jury selection are successful only to the extent that they also eliminate the result of the discrimination- racial subjugation of Blacks through the criminal justice process. By this measure, the Supreme Court's recent jury selection cases are an abject failure.


Liberty Vs. Equality: In Defense Of Privileged White Males, Nancy E. Dowd Jan 1993

Liberty Vs. Equality: In Defense Of Privileged White Males, Nancy E. Dowd

UF Law Faculty Publications

In this book review, Professor Dowd reviews Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws, by Richard A. Epstein (1992). First, Professor Dowd sets forth the thesis and arguments of Epstein’s book and explores her general criticisms in more detail. Next, she explores Epstein’s core argument pitting liberty against equality from two perspectives: that of the privileged white male and that of minorities and women. Finally, Professor Dowd argues that Epstein’s position cannot be viewed as an argument that most minorities or women would make, as it fails to take account of their stories.


Mackinnon And Equality: Is Dominance Really Different?, Laura W. Brill Jan 1993

Mackinnon And Equality: Is Dominance Really Different?, Laura W. Brill

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Civil Rights—Sex Discrimination In Education—Compensatory Damages Available In A Title Ix Sexual Harassment Claim. Franklin V. Gwinnett County Public Schools., Joanne Liebman Matson Jan 1993

Civil Rights—Sex Discrimination In Education—Compensatory Damages Available In A Title Ix Sexual Harassment Claim. Franklin V. Gwinnett County Public Schools., Joanne Liebman Matson

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Some Thoughts On Harassment: A Gay Male Perspective, Marc A. Fajer Jan 1993

Some Thoughts On Harassment: A Gay Male Perspective, Marc A. Fajer

Articles

No abstract provided.


The Supreme Court's Narrow View On Civil Rights, Jack M. Beermann Jan 1993

The Supreme Court's Narrow View On Civil Rights, Jack M. Beermann

Faculty Scholarship

The right to choose abortion, although recently significantly curtailed from its original scope,' is a federally protected liberty interest of women, and is at least protected against the imposition of "undue burdens" by state and local government.2 Some of the most serious threats to women's ability to choose abortion have come not from government regulation, but from private, national, organized efforts to prevent abortions. In addition to seeking change through the political system, some of these organizations, most notably Operation Rescue, have focused on the providers of abortion, and have attempted to prevent abortions by forcibly closing abortion clinics …


Foreword To An Interview With Fred Korematsu, Larry Yackle Jan 1993

Foreword To An Interview With Fred Korematsu, Larry Yackle

Faculty Scholarship

One afternoon in the spring of 1942, Fred Korematsu was arrested for doing what would have been perfectly innocent and natural for millions of other American citizens, but was for him a criminal offense. He went for a stroll with his fianc6e along a public street in San Leandro, California.' By order of General John L. DeWitt, Americans of Japanese ancestry had been directed to remain in their homes during daylight hours and to ready themselves for transport to "assembly centers," where they would wait out the war.' Korematsu's family had already reported to such a center near San Francisco, …


The 1991 Supreme Court Term: Review And Outlook, John O. Mcginnis Jan 1993

The 1991 Supreme Court Term: Review And Outlook, John O. Mcginnis

Articles

The 1991 Supreme Court Term was the first during which justices originally appointed by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush-Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, and Clarence Thomas-constituted a majority. The term's main surprise, however, was that this majority of five-indeed, a majority of six when Chief Justice William Rehnquist, elevated to that position by President Reagan precisely because of his judicial philosophy, is included-did not forge a consistent jurisprudential majority characterized by the strict interpretative approach favored by their sponsoring presidents. While, generally speaking, the Court's decisions certainly continued to represent a departure from the expansive …


The Recent Respectability Of Summary Judgments And Directed Verdicts In Intentional Age Discrimination Cases: Adea Case Analysis Through The Supreme Court's Summary Judgment Prism, Frank J. Cavaliere Jan 1993

The Recent Respectability Of Summary Judgments And Directed Verdicts In Intentional Age Discrimination Cases: Adea Case Analysis Through The Supreme Court's Summary Judgment Prism, Frank J. Cavaliere

Cleveland State Law Review

The purpose of this Article is to review recent Supreme Court "guidance" on standards for summary judgment and directed verdict and the effect these decisions are having upon ADEA cases.


Targeting Conduct: A Constitutional Method Of Penalizing Hate Crimes, Kevin N. Ainsworth Jan 1993

Targeting Conduct: A Constitutional Method Of Penalizing Hate Crimes, Kevin N. Ainsworth

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Forty-three states have enacted hate-crime statutes. These laws generally fall into one of two classes, either hate-speech or penalty-enhancement statutes. The former has sought to control virulent expression by punishing the utterance or display of words or symbols that the user knows will arouse anger in others on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, or some other immutable characteristic. The United States Supreme Court examined an ordinance of this type in R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul and found that the law infringed on the First Amendment right to free speech. Penalty enhancement statutes vary slightly among states, but …


Book Review Of Race, Law, And American History, 1700-1990, Davison M. Douglas Jan 1993

Book Review Of Race, Law, And American History, 1700-1990, Davison M. Douglas

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Quality Of Mercy: Race And Clemency In Florida Death Penalty Cases, 1924-1966, Margaret Vandiver Jan 1993

The Quality Of Mercy: Race And Clemency In Florida Death Penalty Cases, 1924-1966, Margaret Vandiver

University of Richmond Law Review

The scholarly literature on capital punishment includes few empirical studies of executive clemency. Commutations in capital cases have been rare since 1972 when the current era of capital punishment began with the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Furman v. Georgia. A large proportion of pre-1972 death sentences were commuted; examination of clemency decisions in those cases promises to reveal much about the history of capital punishment in the United States. The present study attempts to identify factors which influenced decisions to grant commutations of Florida death sentences pre-Furman, focusing particularly on whether the race of defendants and victims influenced …


Racial Imagery In Criminal Cases, Sheri Lynn Johnson Jan 1993

Racial Imagery In Criminal Cases, Sheri Lynn Johnson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Civil Liberties Constraints On Tribal Sovereignty After The Indian Civil Rights Act Of 1968, Robert Berry Jan 1993

Civil Liberties Constraints On Tribal Sovereignty After The Indian Civil Rights Act Of 1968, Robert Berry

Librarian Publications

The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 provided a legislative answer to the question of whether, and to what extent, fundamental civil liberties recognized in constitutional law should constrain federally recognized Indian Tribes in the exercise of their sovereign powers. In enacting this law, Congress weighed its desire to protect individuals from arbitrary and overly intrusive tribal actions against the tribes' interest in retaining their legal capacity to act as self-governing entities. Congress struck the balance between these two competing interests by drafting a bill of rights that reflected the particular circumstances of the tribes. The possibility of an appeal …


Tester Standing In Employment Discrimination Cases Under 42 U.S.C. 1981, Michelle Landever Jan 1993

Tester Standing In Employment Discrimination Cases Under 42 U.S.C. 1981, Michelle Landever

Cleveland State Law Review

There is little direct evidence about the nature and extent of hiring discrimination in the United States. There is no empirical evidence that discrimination has been eliminated; and even across the political spectrum there is recognition that the problem still persists. As many more claims pertaining to promotions and terminations are filed, there is a misperception that these reflect a more serious problem than that of hiring discrimination. Victims of hiring discrimination are less likely to know that they have been discriminated against, and to have access to information needed to prove it. Thus, as discrimination at the hiring stage …


The Modification Of Equitable Degrees In Institutional Reform Litigation: A Commentary On The Supreme Court's Adoption Of The Second Circuit's Flexible Test, David I. Levine Jan 1993

The Modification Of Equitable Degrees In Institutional Reform Litigation: A Commentary On The Supreme Court's Adoption Of The Second Circuit's Flexible Test, David I. Levine

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Latter Stages Of Enforcement Of Equitable Decrees: The Course Of Institutional Reform Cases After Dowell, Rufo, And Freeman, David I. Levine Jan 1993

The Latter Stages Of Enforcement Of Equitable Decrees: The Course Of Institutional Reform Cases After Dowell, Rufo, And Freeman, David I. Levine

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Vmi Essays: The Virginia Military Institute And The Equal Protection Clause: A Factual And Legal Introduction, Jon Allyn Soderberg Jan 1993

Vmi Essays: The Virginia Military Institute And The Equal Protection Clause: A Factual And Legal Introduction, Jon Allyn Soderberg

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Vmi Essays: The Curious Case Of The Virginia Military Institute: An Essay On The Judicial Function, Allan Ides Jan 1993

Vmi Essays: The Curious Case Of The Virginia Military Institute: An Essay On The Judicial Function, Allan Ides

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Vmi Essays: An Essay On Vmi And Military Service: Yes, We Do Have To Be Equal Together, Mary M. Cheh Jan 1993

Vmi Essays: An Essay On Vmi And Military Service: Yes, We Do Have To Be Equal Together, Mary M. Cheh

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Case Comments C. Civil Rights Proud V. Stone Jan 1993

Case Comments C. Civil Rights Proud V. Stone

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


When Civil Rights Go Wrong: Agenda And Process In Civil Rights Reform, Charles F. Abernathy Jan 1993

When Civil Rights Go Wrong: Agenda And Process In Civil Rights Reform, Charles F. Abernathy

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The aging of the persons leading the civil rights movement is only a metaphor for a more serious aging process that afflicts the movement. It is a sclerotic condition that has kept an old agenda and once-prodding - but now increasingly intolerant - ideas in place, a fixed way of thinking that has become more strident and resistant to change as it has become more complacent with itself. Once the opponent of conformity, some parts of the civil rights community now preach conformity within their communities. I see these not as indices of the venality of the civil rights movement, …


Civil Rights - Third Circuit Narrows Scope Of Public School District 1983 Liability For The Sexual Abuse Of Students, Nancy L. Harris Jan 1993

Civil Rights - Third Circuit Narrows Scope Of Public School District 1983 Liability For The Sexual Abuse Of Students, Nancy L. Harris

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


Shaw V. Reno: On The Borderline, Emily Calhoun Jan 1993

Shaw V. Reno: On The Borderline, Emily Calhoun

Publications

No abstract provided.


Section 1983 Litigation In The Ohio Courts: An Introduction For Ohio Lawyers And Judges, Steven H. Steinglass Jan 1993

Section 1983 Litigation In The Ohio Courts: An Introduction For Ohio Lawyers And Judges, Steven H. Steinglass

Cleveland State Law Review

This review of §1983 litigation in the Ohio courts has three principal goals. First, it provides an introduction to state court §1983 litigation for Ohio lawyers and judges. Commentators have recognized the importance of state court §1983 litigation, and the Supreme Court has begun to pay greater attention to state court §1983 cases. Nonetheless, most §1983 materials focus on the federal courts. Moreover, the few works addressing litigation of §1983 claims in state courts either lack an Ohio focus or, where there is such a focus, deal narrowly with specific Ohio issues. This article seeks to bridge this gap by …