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Vermont dispatch: Proposal 2 would remove language of slavery, indentured servitude from state constitution

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The crossed-out language is what will be removed from the constitution if Proposal 2 is adopted. According to the author of Proposal 2, Vermont constitutional law professor Peter Teachout, the amendment makes no change to substantive rights. Evidence lies in both the constitutional language and judicial precedent.

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Ninth Circuit Rules Against Transgender Woman in Beauty Pageant Competition. Citing the Musical Hamilton

JonathanTurley

The majority opinion written by Judge Lawrence VanDyke noted the policy in upholding a policy that excluded trans women from the Miss United States of America pageant in Oregon. ” That issue came up in the Oregon case of Anita Green.

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Preference or Prejudice? Federal Court Finds Biden Administration Is Engaged In Racial and Gender Discrimination

JonathanTurley

In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that a minority set-aside program in Virginia was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause. The government cited historical barriers for minority enterprises, but the court balked. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University.

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Tenth Circuit Rules Web Designer Must Create Site For Same-Sex Marriage

JonathanTurley

There is a new ruling out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that could be headed for a major showdown in the Supreme Court. Elenis could force a hitherto evasive Court to rule directly on the conflict between anti-discrimination laws and the religious clauses. It was like Brown v.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”.

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