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Federal Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction Against Idaho’S Bathroom Law, But Refuses To Dismiss Challenge, Arthur S. Leonard Oct 2023

Federal Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction Against Idaho’S Bathroom Law, But Refuses To Dismiss Challenge, Arthur S. Leonard

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European Court Won’T Review Case Against Baker In Northern Ireland, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2022

European Court Won’T Review Case Against Baker In Northern Ireland, Arthur S. Leonard

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Federal Court Orders Reinstatement Of Discharged Trans Professor, Arthur S. Leonard Sep 2021

Federal Court Orders Reinstatement Of Discharged Trans Professor, Arthur S. Leonard

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Virginia Court Reinstates Teacher Suspended For Opposing Trans Inclusion Policy, Arthur S. Leonard Sep 2021

Virginia Court Reinstates Teacher Suspended For Opposing Trans Inclusion Policy, Arthur S. Leonard

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Court Rejects Web Designer’S Challenge To Colorado Anti-Discrimination Law, Arthur S. Leonard Jul 2021

Court Rejects Web Designer’S Challenge To Colorado Anti-Discrimination Law, Arthur S. Leonard

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The Biden Administration's First Hundred Days: An Lgbtq Perspective, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2021

The Biden Administration's First Hundred Days: An Lgbtq Perspective, Arthur S. Leonard

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Federal Court Bars Enforcement Of Louisville Public Accommodations Ordinance Against A Wedding Photographer Who Opposes Marriage Equality, Arthur S. Leonard Aug 2020

Federal Court Bars Enforcement Of Louisville Public Accommodations Ordinance Against A Wedding Photographer Who Opposes Marriage Equality, Arthur S. Leonard

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2nd Circuit Court Of Appeals Revives Religious Adoption Agency’S Challenge To New York Anti-Discrimination Rule, Arthur S. Leonard Jul 2020

2nd Circuit Court Of Appeals Revives Religious Adoption Agency’S Challenge To New York Anti-Discrimination Rule, Arthur S. Leonard

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Can Three Parents Make A Family In New York?, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2018

Can Three Parents Make A Family In New York?, Arthur S. Leonard

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Despite Acquittal, Man Assigned Sex Offender Registry Status, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2018

Despite Acquittal, Man Assigned Sex Offender Registry Status, Arthur S. Leonard

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Manhattan Court Rebuffs Ex-Partner Custody Claim, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2017

Manhattan Court Rebuffs Ex-Partner Custody Claim, Arthur S. Leonard

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75 Years For Poz Man’S Unprotected Sex With Gay Teen Upheld, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2016

75 Years For Poz Man’S Unprotected Sex With Gay Teen Upheld, Arthur S. Leonard

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Eeoc Win Shows What Trump Era Might Undo, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2016

Eeoc Win Shows What Trump Era Might Undo, Arthur S. Leonard

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How Teaching About Therapeutic Jurisprudence Can Be A Tool Of Social Justice, And Lead Law Students To Personally And Socially Rewarding Careers: Sexuality And Disability As A Case Example, Michael L. Perlin, Alison Lynch Jan 2015

How Teaching About Therapeutic Jurisprudence Can Be A Tool Of Social Justice, And Lead Law Students To Personally And Socially Rewarding Careers: Sexuality And Disability As A Case Example, Michael L. Perlin, Alison Lynch

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Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) asks us to look at law as it actually impacts people’s lives and focuses on the law’s influence on emotional life and psychological well-being. It suggests that law should value psychological health, should strive to avoid imposing anti-therapeutic consequences whenever possible, and — when consistent with other values served by law — should attempt to bring about healing and wellness. The ultimate aim of TJ is to determine whether legal rules and procedures or lawyer roles can or should be reshaped to enhance their therapeutic potential while not subordinating due process principles. An inquiry into therapeutic outcomes …


State’S Highest Bench Approves Reduced Charges For Hiv Transmission, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2015

State’S Highest Bench Approves Reduced Charges For Hiv Transmission, Arthur S. Leonard

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Images Of Harassment: Copyright Law And Revenge Porn, Ari Ezra Waldman Jan 2015

Images Of Harassment: Copyright Law And Revenge Porn, Ari Ezra Waldman

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Nonconsensual pornography, commonly known as “revenge porn,” usually occurs when an individual (usually a man) publicly posts online sexually explicit images of his former partner (usually a woman). Although normally the stuff of tort law, revenge porn offers copyright attorneys opportunities to help victims, as well: the offending images are often selfies taken by the victim and thus covered by the victim’s copyright. There is, to date, no Second Circuit case law on the subject, making this area uniquely suited to creative social impact litigation. Until state legislatures or Congress pass well-drafted criminal revenge porn statutes, copyright law remains a …


Jo Becker’S “Forcing The Spring: Inside The Fight For Marriage Equality”, Arthur S. Leonard Apr 2014

Jo Becker’S “Forcing The Spring: Inside The Fight For Marriage Equality”, Arthur S. Leonard

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This post originally appeared on https://www.artleonardobservations.com/jo-beckers-forcing-the-spring-inside-the-fight-for-marriage-equality/


The Freedom To Marry: Politics And Law In 2014 And Beyond, Ari Ezra Waldman Jan 2014

The Freedom To Marry: Politics And Law In 2014 And Beyond, Ari Ezra Waldman

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The Clean Up Begins, Arthur S. Leonard, Paul Schindler Jan 2014

The Clean Up Begins, Arthur S. Leonard, Paul Schindler

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Marriage Equality Setback In Puerto Rico, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2014

Marriage Equality Setback In Puerto Rico, Arthur S. Leonard

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All His Sexless Patients: Persons With Mental Disabilities And The Competence To Have Sex, Michael L. Perlin, Alison Lynch Jan 2014

All His Sexless Patients: Persons With Mental Disabilities And The Competence To Have Sex, Michael L. Perlin, Alison Lynch

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With the growth in the field of mental disability law over the past 50 years, very few topics involving persons with mental illness remain taboo or off limits to scholars and judges who face these issues daily. However, discussions of the question of whether persons with mental disabilities have a right to voluntary sexual interaction often touches a raw nerve in conversations about mental disability law, even with those who are practicing in the field, and the discomfort people feel in examining this topic is exacerbated when discussing individuals who are institutionalized.

Although this often appears to be a difficult …


Breaking Unanimous String Of Victories, Federal Judge Rules Against Marriage Equality In Louisiana, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2014

Breaking Unanimous String Of Victories, Federal Judge Rules Against Marriage Equality In Louisiana, Arthur S. Leonard

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Supreme Court Nixes Requirement For Anti-Prostitution Pledge, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2013

Supreme Court Nixes Requirement For Anti-Prostitution Pledge, Arthur S. Leonard

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They’Re Planting Stories In The Press: The Impact Of Media Distortions On Sex Offender Law And Policy, Heather Ellis Cucolo, Michael L. Perlin Jan 2013

They’Re Planting Stories In The Press: The Impact Of Media Distortions On Sex Offender Law And Policy, Heather Ellis Cucolo, Michael L. Perlin

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Individuals classified as sexual predators are the pariahs of the community. Sex offenders are arguably the most despised members of our society and therefore warrant our harshest condemnation. Twenty individual states and the federal government have enacted laws confining individuals who have been adjudicated as “sexually violent predators” to civil commitment facilities post incarceration and/or conviction. Additionally, in many jurisdictions, offenders who are returned to the community are restricted and monitored under community notification, registration and residency limitations. Targeting, punishing and ostracizing these individuals has become an obsession in society, clearly evidenced in the constant push to enact even more …


Marriage Rights And The Good Life: A Sociological Theory Of Marriage And Constitutional Law, Ari Ezra Waldman Jan 2013

Marriage Rights And The Good Life: A Sociological Theory Of Marriage And Constitutional Law, Ari Ezra Waldman

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This is the first in a series of three Articles investigating the underappreciated role that the social theory of Emile Durkheim plays in the quest for the freedom to marry for gay Americans. To that end, this Article begins the discussion by examining the Durkheimian legal arguments that go unnoticed in equal protection and due process claims against marriage discrimination. This Article challenges two assumptions: first, that the most effective legal argument for marriage rights is a purely liberal one, and second, that the substance and rhetoric of liberal toleration cannot exist symbiotically in the marriage discrimination debate with a …


$4.5 Million Defamation Award Against Anti-Gay Official Upheld, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2013

$4.5 Million Defamation Award Against Anti-Gay Official Upheld, Arthur S. Leonard

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Will Supreme Court Rule On Doma?, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2013

Will Supreme Court Rule On Doma?, Arthur S. Leonard

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Prop 8, Doma Defenders Rely On Federalism, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2013

Prop 8, Doma Defenders Rely On Federalism, Arthur S. Leonard

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All Those Like You: Identity Aggression And Student Speech, Ari Ezra Waldman Jan 2012

All Those Like You: Identity Aggression And Student Speech, Ari Ezra Waldman

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Online and face-to-face harassment in schools requires a coordinated response from the school, parents, students, and government. In this Article, I address a particular subset of online and face-to-face harassment, or identity-based harassment. Identity-based aggressors highlight a quality intrinsic to someone’s personhood and demean it, deprive it of value, and use it as a weapon. They attack women, racial minorities, religious minorities, and other traditionally victimized groups. And, as such, they attack not only their particular victims but also their victims’ communities. Identity-based aggressors com- mit a constitutional evil not only because their behavior interferes with victims’ access to education, …


The Miraculous Year 2010 In United States' Gay Rights Law: Anomaly Or Tipping Point?, Arthur S. Leonard Jan 2011

The Miraculous Year 2010 In United States' Gay Rights Law: Anomaly Or Tipping Point?, Arthur S. Leonard

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During 2010 a series of decisions by United States District Court judges appeared to mark a significant breakthrough in the ongoing struggle by sexual minorities in the United States to achieve legal equality through the removal of objectionable laws and policies. Almost as if a dam had broken, there was a sudden rush of developments on three highly contested fronts: (1) the statutory ban on military service by openly gay individuals, (2) the exclusion from federal recognition for lawfully contracted same-sex marriages, and (3) a popularly enacted California state constitutional amendment taking away same-sex marriage rights that had previously been …