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Sharing Sexism, Katharine T. Bartlett
Unconstitutionally Male?: The Story Of United States V. Virginia, Katharine T. Bartlett
Unconstitutionally Male?: The Story Of United States V. Virginia, Katharine T. Bartlett
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This article tracks the different views of gender equality reflected in United States v. Virginia, from trial through the various appeals, including the 1996 opinion of the United States Supreme Court, and through the actual integration of women into VMI. It highlights the fact that while many views of equality were represented in the case throughout its history, no party and no court addressed what is arguably the most objectionable feature of VMI, which was not that it excluded women, but that its "unique" pedagogical method was based on an explicitly demeaning and subordinating view of women.
Pregnancy And Sex-Role Stereotyping: From ‘Struck’ To ‘Carhart’, Neil S. Siegel, Reva B. Siegel
Pregnancy And Sex-Role Stereotyping: From ‘Struck’ To ‘Carhart’, Neil S. Siegel, Reva B. Siegel
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The guarantee of equal protection of the laws extends to women as well as men. Yet for the first 100 years of the Fourteenth Amendment’s life, the Supreme Court never found a law unconstitutional on the grounds that it discriminated on the basis of sex. Between 1970 and 1980, social movement advocacy and brilliant litigation by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and others changed our constitutional law. Over the course of the decade, the Court extended the anti-stereotyping principle from discrimination on the basis of race to discrimination on the basis of sex. But fidelity to the principle had its limits. In …
Comparing Race And Sex Discrimination In Custody Cases, Katharine T. Bartlett
Comparing Race And Sex Discrimination In Custody Cases, Katharine T. Bartlett
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What Would Be The Impact Of Eliminating Affirmative Action?, Erwin Chemerinsky
What Would Be The Impact Of Eliminating Affirmative Action?, Erwin Chemerinsky
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The Impact Of The Proposed California Civil Rights Initiative, Erwin Chemerinsky
The Impact Of The Proposed California Civil Rights Initiative, Erwin Chemerinsky
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Equality For Individuals Or Equality For Groups: Implications Of The Supreme Court Decision In The Manhart Case, William W. Van Alstyne
Equality For Individuals Or Equality For Groups: Implications Of The Supreme Court Decision In The Manhart Case, William W. Van Alstyne
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This commentary breaks down the case of the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power v. Manhart and discusses what effects the Supreme Court's decision will have when Title VII is applied to university employers, particularly in their relationship with TIAA-CREF