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Subverting Symbolism: The Matthew Shepard And James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act And Cooperative Federalism, Kami Chavis Simmons

Faculty Publications

Hate crimes continue to persist in the United States and undermine the traditions and values to which the country aspires. Until recently, however, the stringent jurisdictional limitations of existing federal legislation made it difficult for the federal government to prosecute these crimes. In October 2009, President Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard James Byrd Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act (the "HCPA"). The HCPA significantly expands the federal government's authority to prosecute defendants accused of hate crimes because it dispenses with a previous jurisdictional requirement that made it difficult to prosecute many such crimes. The HCPA also represents an expansion …

Riding Into The Sunset In A "Post-Racial" World: Lessons In Equal Educational Opportuity And College Admissions Schemes In France And The United States, Kristen Barnes

Akron Law Faculty Publications

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare two strategies designed to promote ethno-racial inclusion that were initiated in France and the United States in the context of higher education. In particular, I examine the Priority Education Agreements Program or CEP, an innovative affirmative action program which was implemented in 2001 by the Sciences Po, one of France’s elite universities, in relation to the Texas Ten Percent Plan that was established in 1997 in the United States by the State of Texas.

Sections I and II of this paper will provide the historical and social contexts in which …

Brief Of Amicus Curiae, Fred T. Korematsu Center For Law And Equality In Support Of Petitioner, Robert Chang, Fred T. Korematsu Center For Law And Equality

Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality

State v. Garcia-Bueno

The Psychotherapist And The Attorney/Client Privileges As They Arise In Civil Rights Disputes, Lewis M. Wasserman

Touro Law Review

This article briefly reviews the elements of the psychotherapist-patient and attorney-client privileges and how these privileges may be waived in the context of federal civil rights litigation.

Federal Governmental Power: The Voting Rights Act, Michael C. Dorf

Touro Law Review

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Torch (September/October 2012), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

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The Reactionary Road To Free Love: How Doma, State Marriage Amendments, And Social Conservatives Undermine Traditional Marriage, Scott Titshaw

West Virginia Law Review

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Put The Town On Notice: School District Liability And Lgbt Bullying Notification Laws, Yariv Pierce

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Congress could mitigate the problem of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) student bullying by requiring that teachers and school officials report all bullying incidents to their school district administrators. Many school districts are not aware of the prevalence of LGBT bullying and the extent to which each school protects, or fails to protect, its LGBT students compared to other harassed students. LGBT students often encounter difficulty demonstrating that their school district has a policy or custom of deliberate indifference toward their equal treatment when a school does not equally protect an LGBT student from peer-to-peer bullying because of the …

Have A Job To Get A Job: Disparate Treatment And Disparate Impact Of The 'Currently Employed' Requirement, Jennifer Jolly-Ryan

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

Countless people struggle to find a job in a competitive job market despite possessing solid qualifications. Although the news media reports that job numbers are improving, the problems of unemployment particularly loom for people of color, older workers, and people with disabilities. These groups are often unemployed longer than other job seekers. These groups also suffer the disparate impact of job advertisements that require "current employment" as a prerequisite for hiring. The harsh reality is that the longer a job seeker is unemployed, the closer a job seeker becomes to becoming permanently unemployed. Job advertisements that require "current employment" exacerbate …

Race, Markets, And Hollywood's Perpetual Antitrust Dilemma, Hosea H. Harvey

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

This Article focuses on the oft-neglected intersection of racially skewed outcomes and anti-competitive markets. Through historical, contextual, and empirical analysis, the Article describes the state of Hollywood motion-picture distribution from its anticompetitive beginnings through the industry's role in creating an anti-competitive, racially divided market at the end of the last century. The Article's evidence suggests that race-based inefficiencies have plagued the film distribution process and such inefficiencies might likely be caused by the anti-competitive structure of the market itself, and not merely by overt or intentional racial-discrimination. After explaining why traditional anti-discrimination laws are ineffective remedies for such inefficiencies, the …

Insurance And Cultural Perspectives On Katrina, Jeffrey E. Thomas

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Post-Disaster Mental Health: Examining The Evidence Through A Lens Of Social Justice, Jonathan Purtle

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Eluding The Grim Reaper: How Section 2 Of The Defense Of Marriage Act Could Survive Strict Scrutiny, Michael Disiena

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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A Monolithic Threat: The Anti-Sharia Movement And America’S Counter-Subversive Tradition, Ross Johnson

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Rising To The Surface: Disasters And Racial Health Disparities In American History, Marian Moser Jones

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Advancing Culturally And Linguistically Appropriate Services At All Phases Of A Disaster, C. Godfrey Jacobs, Darci L. Graves, Jennifer Kenyon, Guadalupe Pacheco

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Editor's Note

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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