America’S Presidential Crisis Of Legitimacy: How The Electoral College Became Obsolete And How We Can Fix It,
2021
Claremont Colleges
America’S Presidential Crisis Of Legitimacy: How The Electoral College Became Obsolete And How We Can Fix It, Julia Rose Foodman
Scripps Senior Theses
The goal of this thesis is to critique the current American Presidential electoral system, the Electoral College, and to show what an alternative could potentially mean for the American people. This paper seeks to answer the following questions: What are the main arguments for the Electoral College, why are they troubling, and how can we mend American Presidential elections for the greater purposes of political equality, democracy, and freedom? To do so, core arguments made by conservative pundits in favor of the Electoral College are outlined in order to bring attention to their logical, political, and moral inconsistencies. The inequalities …
No, The Firing Squad Is Not Better Than Lethal Injection: A Response To Stephanie Moran’S A Modest Proposal,
2021
Seattle University School of Law
No, The Firing Squad Is Not Better Than Lethal Injection: A Response To Stephanie Moran’S A Modest Proposal, Michael Conklin
Seattle University Law Review
In the article A Modest Proposal: The Federal Government Should Use Firing Squads to Execute Federal Death Row Inmates, Stephanie Moran argues that the firing squad is the only execution method that meets the requirements of the Eighth Amendment. In order to make her case, Moran unjustifiably overstates the negative aspects of lethal injection while understating the negative aspects of firing squads. The entire piece is predicated upon assumptions that are not only unsupported by the evidence but often directly refuted by the evidence. This Essay critically analyzes Moran’s claims regarding the alleged advantages of the firing squad over …
Table Of Contents,
2021
Seattle University School of Law
Table Of Contents, Seattle University Law Review
Seattle University Law Review
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The Pocketbook Next Time: From Civil Rights To Market Power In The Latinx Community,
2021
American University Washington College of Law
The Pocketbook Next Time: From Civil Rights To Market Power In The Latinx Community, Rachel F. Moran
American University Law Review
The United States is undergoing a demographic transformation. Nearly one in five Americans already is Latinx, and the United States Census Bureau projects that by 2060, nearly one in three will be. Latinx will substantially outnumber every other historically underrepresented racial and ethnic minority group, and non-Hispanic whites no longer will be a majority. Those changes have unsettled traditional approaches to full inclusion.
Civil rights activists have suffered numerous setbacks, and the burgeoning Latinx population is searching for other paths to belonging. Some leaders have turned to growing Latinx market power to demand recognition and equal opportunity. These efforts rely …
The Invisible Ban: Negligent Disparate Impact,
2021
American University Washington College of Law
The Invisible Ban: Negligent Disparate Impact, Kenneth R. Davis
American University Law Review
Title VII provides two primary anti-discrimination theories: disparate treatment and disparate impact. Disparate-treatment law prohibits intentional employment discrimination against a member of a protected class. Disparate impact law imposes strict liability on employers for using facially neutral employment practices that have a disproportionately adverse effect on a protected class.
This Article proposes following the structure of tort law as a template for the law of employment discrimination. A comparison of Title VII to tort law reveals that an analogy to negligent torts is absent from Title VII. The very language of Title VII provides the means to rectify this deficiency …
Closing The Health Justice Gap: Access To Justice In Furtherance Of Health Equity,
2021
Georgetown University Law Center
Closing The Health Justice Gap: Access To Justice In Furtherance Of Health Equity, Yael Cannon
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
A massive civil “justice gap” plagues the United States. Every day, low-income Americans—and disproportionately people of color—go without the legal information and representation they need to enforce their rights. This can cost them their homes, jobs, food security, or children. But unmet civil legal needs in housing, employment, and public benefits, for example, are not simply injustices—they are well-documented drivers of poor health, or social determinants of health. Those marginalized by virtue of both race and socioeconomic status are particularly harmed by inaccessibility to justice and also by chronic health conditions and lower life expectancy. When a tenant walks into …
Beyond Sex-Plus: Acknowledging Black Women In Employment Law And Policy,
2021
Georgetown University Law Center
Beyond Sex-Plus: Acknowledging Black Women In Employment Law And Policy, Jamillah Bowman Williams
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
It has been more than 30 years since Kimberlé Crenshaw published her pathbreaking article critiquing the inadequacy of antidiscrimination law in addressing claims at the intersection of race and sex discrimination. This Article focuses on the challenges Black women continue to face when bringing intersectional claims, despite experiencing high rates of discrimination and harassment. The new status quo has not resolved the problems that she documented, and has introduced a set of second generation intersectionality issues. Most significantly, many courts now recognize that Black women experience discrimination differently than do white women or Black men. Yet, despite the professionally and …
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2021
Loyola University Chicago, School of Law
Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
The Chicago Police Department's Murder Of Adam Toledo Was Not Justifiable Self-Defense,
2021
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
The Chicago Police Department's Murder Of Adam Toledo Was Not Justifiable Self-Defense, Cruz Rodriguez
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
Franco And Fraihat: The Unexpected Consequences Of Overlap,
2021
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Franco And Fraihat: The Unexpected Consequences Of Overlap, Romina Nemaci
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
Voter Suppression In Georgia,
2021
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Voter Suppression In Georgia, Eli Woods
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
Revisiting Poverty Under Equal Protection In The Wake Of Covid-19,
2021
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Revisiting Poverty Under Equal Protection In The Wake Of Covid-19, Alexis O'Connor
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
When Justice Is Blind: Accommodations For Judges With Visual Impairments And Blindness,
2021
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
When Justice Is Blind: Accommodations For Judges With Visual Impairments And Blindness, Annie Mann
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
On Gang Databases,
2021
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Inequity For People Of Color In Healthcare In The Wake Of A Global Pandemic,
2021
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Inequity For People Of Color In Healthcare In The Wake Of A Global Pandemic, Colleen Ahern
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
Table Of Contents,
2021
Loyola University Chicago, School of Law
Table Of Contents, Public Interest Law Reporter
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
"We Can't Breathe." Like George Floyd, Black Families In New York City Have A Knee On Their Necks,
2021
Loyola University Chicago, School of Law
"We Can't Breathe." Like George Floyd, Black Families In New York City Have A Knee On Their Necks, Shanee Brown
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
A Look At Race & Reparations In America,
2021
Loyola University Chicago, School of Law
A Look At Race & Reparations In America, Annie Keller
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
The Persecution Of Asylum Seekers,
2021
Loyola University Chicago, School of Law
The Persecution Of Asylum Seekers, Juan Gonzalez-Martinez
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
Examining The 2021 Texas Power Grid Crisis,
2021
Loyola University Chicago, School of Law
Examining The 2021 Texas Power Grid Crisis, Dean Jepsen
Public Interest Law Reporter
No abstract provided.
