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Protection Of Religious Minorities In Europe: The Council Of Europe's Successes And Failures., Lauren C. Baillie Jan 2007

Protection Of Religious Minorities In Europe: The Council Of Europe's Successes And Failures., Lauren C. Baillie

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.


Panelist Biographies, Introduction By Dana Gold, Editor's Note, Dana L. Gold Jan 2007

Panelist Biographies, Introduction By Dana Gold, Editor's Note, Dana L. Gold

Seattle University Law Review

This conference brought together nationally recognized scholars, attorneys, policymakers and activists from across the country who represent a depth of knowledge and range of viewpoints necessary to explore the intersection of corporate and First Amendment law. This discussion was sometimes heated, frequently politically surprising, and always robust. In this symposium issue, the Seattle University Law Review has captured the presentations and exchanges at this unique, multidisciplinary conference.


Special Purpose Credit Programs: A Well-Intentioned Idea Gone Bad, Luke Reynolds Jan 2007

Special Purpose Credit Programs: A Well-Intentioned Idea Gone Bad, Luke Reynolds

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Legislative Updates, Dan Raposa Jan 2007

Legislative Updates, Dan Raposa

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


The Irrationality Of A Rational Basis: Denying Benefits To The Children Of Same-Sex Couples , Sam Castic Jan 2007

The Irrationality Of A Rational Basis: Denying Benefits To The Children Of Same-Sex Couples , Sam Castic

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Pencil Me In: The Use Of Title Ix And S.1983 To Obtain Equal Treatment In High School Athletics Scheduling , Leigh E. Ferrin Jan 2007

Pencil Me In: The Use Of Title Ix And S.1983 To Obtain Equal Treatment In High School Athletics Scheduling , Leigh E. Ferrin

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Equal Marriage Rights For Transgendered Individuals , Parker Thoeni Jan 2007

Equal Marriage Rights For Transgendered Individuals , Parker Thoeni

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Lesbian And Transgender Issues In Education: Programs, Policies, And Practices , Justin K. Terres Jan 2007

Book Review: Lesbian And Transgender Issues In Education: Programs, Policies, And Practices , Justin K. Terres

The Modern American

No abstract provided.


Transcript: Clinical And Externship Programs , American University Washington College Of Law Disability Rights Law Clinic Jan 2007

Transcript: Clinical And Externship Programs , American University Washington College Of Law Disability Rights Law Clinic

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Is Chicago's Plan For Transformation Promoting Integration Or Reinforcing Segregation?, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. 249 (2007), Joe O'Brien Jan 2007

Is Chicago's Plan For Transformation Promoting Integration Or Reinforcing Segregation?, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. 249 (2007), Joe O'Brien

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Roots Of Jack Spring V. Little, 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 395 (2007), Richard H. Chused Jan 2007

The Roots Of Jack Spring V. Little, 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 395 (2007), Richard H. Chused

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Beloved Community: The Influence And Legacy Of Personalism In The Quest For Housing And Tenants' Rights, 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 513 (2007), Lloyd T. Wilson Jr. Jan 2007

The Beloved Community: The Influence And Legacy Of Personalism In The Quest For Housing And Tenants' Rights, 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 513 (2007), Lloyd T. Wilson Jr.

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Refusal To Dispense Emergency Contraception In Washington State: An Act Of Conscience Or Unlawful Sex Discrimination?, Dana E. Blackman Jan 2007

Refusal To Dispense Emergency Contraception In Washington State: An Act Of Conscience Or Unlawful Sex Discrimination?, Dana E. Blackman

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

This Article will demonstrate that a pharmacist's refusal to fill a valid prescription for emergency contraception constitutes sex discrimination and violates the WLAD. Part I explains the nature and function of emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) as well as their role in basic health care for women and the importance of their accessibility. Part II addresses federal civil rights protections and the failure of these protections to provide relief for women facing refusals. Focusing on the WLAD, Part II also explains how state public accommodation statutes protect women from discrimination in places of public accommodation. It further sets forth the prima …


Equal Access To Post-Secondary Education: The Sisyphean Impact Of Flagging Test Scores Of Persons With Disabilities, Helia Garrido Hull Jan 2007

Equal Access To Post-Secondary Education: The Sisyphean Impact Of Flagging Test Scores Of Persons With Disabilities, Helia Garrido Hull

Faculty Scholarship

In view of the social stigma associated with disabilities, and the inherent costs of providing accommodations to disabled students, the opportunity for bias within the admissions selection process is clear. As a result, the practice of flagging standardized tests has come under increasing scrutiny. The practice of distinguishing test takers having a disability from those who do not runs counter to the social policy of inclusion, and prevents disabled individuals from enjoying the benefits of equal citizenship. Part II of this paper provides a brief overview of the prejudice disabled individuals have endured throughout history, and discusses some early movements …


Undermining Individual And Collective Citizenship: The Impact Of The Exclusion Laws On The African-American Community, S. David Mitchell Jan 2007

Undermining Individual And Collective Citizenship: The Impact Of The Exclusion Laws On The African-American Community, S. David Mitchell

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The purpose of this Article is to demonstrate that felon exclusion laws are not race neutral and that the application of the laws has a racially discriminatory effect, and to call for their abolition. The laws contribute to the erosion of citizenship rights for the individual African-American ex-felon, and the undermining of the collective citizenship rights of the larger African-American community. Part II discusses the conceptualization of citizenship that underscores the premise of the Article. Part III discusses the exclusions that ex-felons encounter and the resulting impact on the individual and the community. Using Alabama as a case study, Part …


Stunning Trends In Shocking Crimes: A Comprehensive Analysis Of Taser Weapons, Shaun H. Kedir Jan 2007

Stunning Trends In Shocking Crimes: A Comprehensive Analysis Of Taser Weapons, Shaun H. Kedir

Journal of Law and Health

In 2001, Westminster, Colorado police officers were dispatched to the home of a suicidal thirteen year-old girl who had barricaded herself in a bathroom. The young girl was mutilating her wrist with two butcher knives. When police officers forced their way into the bathroom, the emotionally disturbed girl charged at them with the two butcher knives while screaming, "Kill me! Kill me!." One of the officers deployed a Taser M26, a hand held conductive energy weapon, which fires two barbed darts up to a distance of thirty-five feet that then deliver an electric shock of 50,000 volts. The officer's Taser …


The Dirty Little Secrets About Pay-To-Stay, Laurie L. Levenson, Mary Gordon Jan 2007

The Dirty Little Secrets About Pay-To-Stay, Laurie L. Levenson, Mary Gordon

Michigan Law Review First Impressions

The dirty little secret is out: people with more money get a better deal in our criminal justice system. Anyone who has spent more than a nanosecond in this system knows it to be true, yet that does not make it right. It is an abomination to divert our attention to pay-to-stay programs instead of finding the resources to improve our general jail facilities to make them tolerable for every inmate. Don’t get us wrong—if we suffered the misfortune of being arrested, we would dearly love the opportunity to pay for a private jail facility. However, the pay-to-stay initiative is …


Corporations And Political Speech: Should Speech Equal Money?, David Skover, Lisa Danetz, Martin Redish, Scott Thomas Jan 2007

Corporations And Political Speech: Should Speech Equal Money?, David Skover, Lisa Danetz, Martin Redish, Scott Thomas

Seattle University Law Review

Welcome now to the panel on corporations and political speech. We will explore the First Amendment jurisprudence of campaign finance regulation and some of the more controversial issues raised by corporate involvement in the marketplace of political ideas and elections.


After Thirty Years, Is It Time To Change The Vehicle Inventory Search Doctrine?, Nicholas B. Stampfli Jan 2007

After Thirty Years, Is It Time To Change The Vehicle Inventory Search Doctrine?, Nicholas B. Stampfli

Seattle University Law Review

Part II of this Comment will describe the inventory search as it has developed in the Supreme Court's jurisprudence in order to provide background and understanding of the procedure as it stands today. Part III will address the difficulties in applying the Supreme Court's approach by comparing the differences in police department policies. Part IV will then closely examine Washington's somewhat laudable approach to inventory searches, the limits the state has placed on the scope of inventory searches, and the steps the state has taken to impose a consent requirement. Last, Part V will suggest much needed reforms for Washington …


Toward A New Civil Rights Framework, Guy-Uriel Charles Jan 2007

Toward A New Civil Rights Framework, Guy-Uriel Charles

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Reprising Brown Vs. Board Of Education: New Hope Or More Despair, Marie Failinger Jan 2007

Reprising Brown Vs. Board Of Education: New Hope Or More Despair, Marie Failinger

Faculty Scholarship

From the perspective of constitutional doctrine, the PICS case is not particularly novel. The central rule of the plurality opinion-that state or local government use of visible racial classifications must survive the courts' "strict scrutiny" even if that use is "benign" and for the benefit of minorities-has been firmly in place at least since City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Company (1989). Similarly, the PICS plurality followed longstanding case law holding that under the "strict scrutiny" test, the state must show a "compelling interest" when it uses racial preferences and that remedying past racial discrimination and diversity in higher education …


Why Do Landlords Still Discriminate (And What Can Be Done About It)?, 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 455 (2007), Robert G. Schwemm Jan 2007

Why Do Landlords Still Discriminate (And What Can Be Done About It)?, 40 J. Marshall L. Rev. 455 (2007), Robert G. Schwemm

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Trial Of Susan B. Anthony For Illegal Voting, Douglas O. Linder Jan 2007

The Trial Of Susan B. Anthony For Illegal Voting, Douglas O. Linder

Faculty Works

More than any other woman of her generation, Susan B. Anthony saw that all of the legal disabilities faced by American women owed their existence to the simple fact that women lacked the vote. When Anthony, at age 32, attended her first woman's rights convention in Syracuse in 1852, she declared that the right which woman needed above every other, the one indeed which would secure to her all the others, was the right of suffrage. Anthony spent the next fifty-plus years of her life fighting for the right to vote. She would work tirelessly: giving speeches, petitioning Congress and …


How A Marriage Discrimination Amendment Would Disrespect Democracy In Minnesota, Anthony S. Winer Jan 2007

How A Marriage Discrimination Amendment Would Disrespect Democracy In Minnesota, Anthony S. Winer

Faculty Scholarship

The proposed marriage discrimination amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is profoundly anti-democratic. It is extremely wide-ranging in its scope, it obliterates the opportunity of the LGBT community to legislatively advance its interests in the area, it falsely assumes characteristics of the state judiciary that do not in fact exist, and it is drafted with language that is particularly hostile to LGBT concerns and democracy in general. It was a triumph for reason and democracy that this amendment was defeated in 2006. It should never be introduced again. In the unfortunate event that it is introduced again, it should be resoundingly …


Family Responsibilities Discrimination: Don't Get Caught Off Guard, Joan C. Williams, Consuela A. Pinto Jan 2007

Family Responsibilities Discrimination: Don't Get Caught Off Guard, Joan C. Williams, Consuela A. Pinto

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Law Firms As Defendants: Family Responsibilities Discrimination In Legal Workplaces, Joan C. Williams, Stephanie Bornstein, Diana Reddy, Betsy A. Williams Jan 2007

Law Firms As Defendants: Family Responsibilities Discrimination In Legal Workplaces, Joan C. Williams, Stephanie Bornstein, Diana Reddy, Betsy A. Williams

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Politics Of Time In The Legal Profession, Joan C. Williams Jan 2007

The Politics Of Time In The Legal Profession, Joan C. Williams

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


In Sickness, Health And Cyberspace: Protecting The Security Of Electronic Private Health Information, Sharona Hoffman, Andy Podgurski Jan 2007

In Sickness, Health And Cyberspace: Protecting The Security Of Electronic Private Health Information, Sharona Hoffman, Andy Podgurski

Faculty Publications

The electronic processing of health information provides considerable benefits to patients and health care providers at the same time that it creates serious risks to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the data. The Internet provides a conduit for rapid and uncontrolled dispersion and trafficking of illicitly-obtained private health information, with far-reaching consequences to the unsuspecting victims. In order to address such threats to electronic private health information, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services enacted the HIPAA Security Rule, which thus far has received little attention in the legal literature. This article presents a critique of the Security …


Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As An International Human Rights Leader, Henry J. Richardson Iii Jan 2007

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As An International Human Rights Leader, Henry J. Richardson Iii

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.


No Right To Respect: Dred Scott And The Southern Honor Culture, 42 New Eng. L. Rev. 79 (2007), Cecil J. Hunt Ii Jan 2007

No Right To Respect: Dred Scott And The Southern Honor Culture, 42 New Eng. L. Rev. 79 (2007), Cecil J. Hunt Ii

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

This Article reflects on the infamous decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857), in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of slavery. This Article considers this infamous case and the distance the nation has come since it was decided as well as its continuing legacy on the contemporary American struggle for racial equality. In Dred Scott the Court held that slavery was constitutional because it was consistent with the intent of the Framers and because black people were "a subordinate and inferior class of beings who... whether emancipated or not.., …