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Civil Rights and Discrimination

1985

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Racial Defamation As Free Speech: Abusing The First Amendment, Kenneth Lasson Oct 1985

Racial Defamation As Free Speech: Abusing The First Amendment, Kenneth Lasson

All Faculty Scholarship

The traditional view of the first amendment's free speech guarantee as absolute, allowing few and narrow exceptions, reflects the Constitution's dedication to an open and unfettered exchange of ideas. Those thoughts that are abhorrent to a free society, the argument goes, will wither when aired but fester if suppressed. Moreover, who is to decide which ideas are offensive? The interests of the state may well be inferior to those of the people, the wisdom of public servants often suspect in quality and motivation. But freedom of speech is so precious and delicate a liberty it must be preserved at great …


Thornburg V. Gingles, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1985

Thornburg V. Gingles, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


University Of Tennessee V. Elliot, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1985

University Of Tennessee V. Elliot, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Michigan V. Jackson, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1985

Michigan V. Jackson, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Moran V. Burbine, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Oct 1985

Moran V. Burbine, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Meritor Savings Bank, Fsb V. Vinson, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1985

Meritor Savings Bank, Fsb V. Vinson, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Local 28 Of The Sheetmetal Workers' International Association V. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Eeoc), Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1985

Local 28 Of The Sheetmetal Workers' International Association V. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Eeoc), Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Local No. 93, Intern. Ass'n Of Firefighters, Afl-Cio C.L.C. V. City Of Cleveland, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1985

Local No. 93, Intern. Ass'n Of Firefighters, Afl-Cio C.L.C. V. City Of Cleveland, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Accountant Guilty Of Sex Bias, New York Times Sep 1985

Accountant Guilty Of Sex Bias, New York Times

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.


Judge Faults Firm’S Sexual Stereotyping In Not Promoting Woman, Sandra Evans Sep 1985

Judge Faults Firm’S Sexual Stereotyping In Not Promoting Woman, Sandra Evans

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.


Correspondence: Letter, September 13, 1985 To Dr. Saffy, Duval County Hospital Authority, Betty Holzendorf Sep 1985

Correspondence: Letter, September 13, 1985 To Dr. Saffy, Duval County Hospital Authority, Betty Holzendorf

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter stating Dr. Edna L. Saffy’s confirmation of appointment to the Duval County Hospital Authority by Mayor Jake M. Godbold scheduled to come before the Rules Committee September 19, 1985.


Letter: Hugh Cotney; Edna Saffy, Hugh Cotney Sep 1985

Letter: Hugh Cotney; Edna Saffy, Hugh Cotney

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter from attorney Hugh Cotney to Dr. Edna L. Saffy regarding an article and Betty Castor's campaign. September 3, 1985.


Letter: Betty Castor; Edna Saffy, Betty Castor Aug 1985

Letter: Betty Castor; Edna Saffy, Betty Castor

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Thank you letter from Senator Betty Castor expressing her appreciation for Dr. Saffy’s generosity and hospitality. August 8, 1985.


Correspondence: Letter, July 31, 1985 To Dr. Saffy, Mayor’S Commission On The Status Of Women, Jeanne Bucher Ward Jul 1985

Correspondence: Letter, July 31, 1985 To Dr. Saffy, Mayor’S Commission On The Status Of Women, Jeanne Bucher Ward

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter from the Chairperson, Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women expressing deep appreciation for all the work Edna L. Saffy did in Jacksonville on the behalf of women. Written on Office of the Mayor letterhead, Jake M. Godbold mayor.


Contact Sheet: Attendees Invited To Meeting For Betty Castor, Edna Louise Saffy Jul 1985

Contact Sheet: Attendees Invited To Meeting For Betty Castor, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

List of people invite to the meeting with Senator Betty Castor held at Dr. Saffy’s house on Thursday July 25, 1985 at 4pm. The list is on Edna Saffy, PH.D. letterhead.


Correspondence: July 17, 1985 Note To Dr. Saffy, Betsey Wright Jul 1985

Correspondence: July 17, 1985 Note To Dr. Saffy, Betsey Wright

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A note from Betsey Wright, Chief of Staff for Governor Bill Clinton. The note is written on State of Arkansas Bill Clinton Governor letterhead.


Correspondence: Letter, July 16, 1985, To. Dr. Saffy, Duval County Hospital Authority, Jake M. Godbold Jul 1985

Correspondence: Letter, July 16, 1985, To. Dr. Saffy, Duval County Hospital Authority, Jake M. Godbold

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter from Mayor Godbold to Dr. Saffy regarding appointment to the Duval County Hospital Authority.


The Trouble With Jaycees, Neal Devins Jul 1985

The Trouble With Jaycees, Neal Devins

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Black Innocence And The White Jury, Sheri Johnson Jun 1985

Black Innocence And The White Jury, Sheri Johnson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Racial prejudice has come under increasingly close scrutiny during the past thirty years, yet its influence on the decisionmaking of criminal juries remains largely hidden from judicial and critical examination. In this Article, Professor Johnson takes a close look at this neglected area. She first sets forth a large body of social science research that reveals a widespread tendency among whites to convict black defendants in instances in which white defendants would be acquitted. Next, she argues that none of the existing techniques for eliminating the influence of racial bias on criminal trials adequately protects minority-race defendants. She contends that …


The 'Legalization' Of The Family: Toward A Policy Of Supportive Neutrality, David L. Chambers Jun 1985

The 'Legalization' Of The Family: Toward A Policy Of Supportive Neutrality, David L. Chambers

Articles

The word "legalization" has conflicting meanings. One, intended to sound the theme of this conference, conveys the notion of government regulation permeating some area of human activity. The other-as found, for example, in the phrase "the legalization of marijuana"-is a near opposite: the process of making legal or permissible that which. was previously forbidden, taking government out of that which it had previously controlled. The recent history of government's relationship to the family amply displays both sorts of legalization, both government's intrusion and its withdrawal, and reveals a paradoxical relation between the two-that as government frees people to live their …


Civil Action No. 84-3040 Defendant's Reply To Plaintiff's Post-Trial Brief, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia May 1985

Civil Action No. 84-3040 Defendant's Reply To Plaintiff's Post-Trial Brief, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.


Civil Action No. 84-3040 Defendant's Response To Plaintiff's Proposed Findings Of Fact, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia May 1985

Civil Action No. 84-3040 Defendant's Response To Plaintiff's Proposed Findings Of Fact, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.


Civil Action No. 84-3040 Plaintiff's Reply Brief, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia May 1985

Civil Action No. 84-3040 Plaintiff's Reply Brief, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.


No. 84-3040 Plaintiff's Response To Order Of May 15, 1985, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia May 1985

No. 84-3040 Plaintiff's Response To Order Of May 15, 1985, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.


Can A Unitary District Choose Neighborhood Schools?, Neal Devins May 1985

Can A Unitary District Choose Neighborhood Schools?, Neal Devins

Popular Media

No abstract provided.


No. 84-3040 Order Of 1985-05-15, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia May 1985

No. 84-3040 Order Of 1985-05-15, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.


Civil Action No. 84-3040 Plaintiff's Post-Trial Brief, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia May 1985

Civil Action No. 84-3040 Plaintiff's Post-Trial Brief, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.


No. 84-3040 Defendant's Post-Trial Brief, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia May 1985

No. 84-3040 Defendant's Post-Trial Brief, United States District Court For The District Of Columbia

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.


The Voting Rights Amendment Act Of 2014: A Constitutional Response To Shelby County, Gilda R. Daniels, William Yeomans, Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Gabriel J. Chin, Samuel Bagenstos May 1985

The Voting Rights Amendment Act Of 2014: A Constitutional Response To Shelby County, Gilda R. Daniels, William Yeomans, Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Gabriel J. Chin, Samuel Bagenstos

All Faculty Scholarship

This Issue Brief from the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy begins by explaining the Voting Rights Act, Shelby County v. Holder, and the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 (VRAA). The remaining sections then explain the four specific ways the VRAA attempted to counter the holding from the Shelby County decision.


Bias Lives, Sophie M. Korczyk Apr 1985

Bias Lives, Sophie M. Korczyk

Ann B. Hopkins Papers

No abstract provided.