Sep 14, 2021 | Alexander J. Lindvall, Article, Civil Rights and Discrimination Law, Constitutional Law, Law and Gender, Law and Society
By: Alexander J. Lindvall The Texas Legislature recently passed what the Supreme Court describes as an “unprecedented” statutory scheme. Texas’s new law allows private, everyday citizens to sue anyone who assists a woman in obtaining an abortion after her sixth week...
Sep 12, 2021 | Anthony J. Colangelo, Article, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights and Discrimination Law, Constitutional Law, Feature, Law and Society
By: Anthony J. Colangelo Many people are deriding (or celebrating) the exceptional—and exceptionally deceptive—device of the Texas legislature to so-called “deputize” private individuals as government enforcement agents to carry out a state anti-abortion law that, at...
Feb 25, 2020 | Collection, Foundational Voices in 2020 and Beyond, Law and Society, Leslie C. Griffin, Religion Law, Supreme Court of the United States
By Leslie C. Griffin Twitter | SSRN Abstract The United States is in a religion-friendly mood—or at least its three branches of government are. The Supreme Court is turning away from its Free Exercise Clause analysis that currently holds that every religious person...
Feb 25, 2020 | Civil Rights and Discrimination Law, Collection, Fatma Marouf, Foundational Voices in 2020 and Beyond, Immigration Law, Law and Race, Law and Society
By Fatma Marouf Website | SSRN Abstract Over the past decade, immigrants have faced numerous challenges in the United States, including a dramatic increase in deportations, the expansion and privatization of immigration detention, major changes to the asylum system...
