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The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 And Coalition Politics, Sheryll Cashin
The Civil Rights Act Of 1964 And Coalition Politics, Sheryll Cashin
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Professor Days began his Childress Lecture by recounting his personal experience with Jim Crow segregation. I too have such a story. I was born and raised in Hunstville, Alabama, a city that is notable, among other things, for having desegregated its public accommodations in 1962, two full years before the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The turning point in the non-violent sit-in movement in Hunstville was when a young, African- American woman was arrested with a four-month-old baby in her arms, along with a friend who was eight months pregnant. This caused some outrage and widespread press …
The Very Idea Of A First Amendment Right Against Compelled Subsidization, Gregory Klass
The Very Idea Of A First Amendment Right Against Compelled Subsidization, Gregory Klass
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
At present, it is difficult to discern what rules govern compelled subsidization and where the constitutional limits lie. The root cause of the current confusion is the Supreme Court's failure to provide a coherent account of the First Amendment harm of compelled subsidization. Part I of this Article describes the present state of the doctrine. It identifies a number of practical problems, especially the imprecisions in and conflicts between the Court's holdings that leave it unclear how lower courts should decide novel cases. Part II is a critical discussion of the two most common arguments for a First Amendment right …
American Medicine And The Politics Of Race, Maxwell Gregg Bloche
American Medicine And The Politics Of Race, Maxwell Gregg Bloche
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Straw men play a major role in the debate over racial disparity in American medicine. Most have been deployed by the disparities-denying right, but progressives intent on “outing” racism have sent forth their share. This essay flushes out the straw men while attempting to understand the competing moral premises that drive the politics of health care disparity. At bottom, arguments about the scope of disparity and discrimination in medical care are disputes about the appropriate scope of personal responsibility for life circumstances. Further research into the factors that correlate with racial differences in health care can shed light on the …