by | Dec 4, 2019 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Guest Author, Labor and Employment, Legal History, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice
This is a guest post authored by Jennifer Bennett, a Staff Attorney at Public Justice, and David Seligman, Director of Towards Justice, a non-profit workers’ rights law firm based in Denver, Colorado. Lots of attention these days is rightfully being paid to...
by | Nov 26, 2019 | Amicus, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights, Policing and Law Enforcement, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Second Amendment, Sex Equality
Photo by Bo Harvey on Unsplash Gun Violence 101: Gun Violence is a Problem It should come as no surprise that America has a gun violence problem. The number of deaths in the United States caused by guns has been steadily rising for the last five years, and in 2019...
by | Nov 9, 2019 | Amicus, LGBTQ Rights
On October 8th, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for three cases, Bockstock v. Clayton County, Georgia, Altitude Express v. Zarda, and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, each of which asks whether Title VII of...
by | Nov 6, 2019 | Amicus, LGBTQ Rights
A Short Story Imagine this scenario. You’re watching your favorite legal drama. Today’s episode deals with a man who has been charged with murdering his neighbor. The facts of the murder are straightforward: a stabbing that occurred in the home of the victim; it seems...
by etsui | Oct 17, 2018 | Amicus, LGBTQ Rights
The Trump Administration plans to quietly undo a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulation banning health care providers and insurers from discriminating against trans patients. To this day, no federal law explicitly prohibits health care discrimination...
by hlsmultitest | Apr 16, 2018 | Amicus, Labor and Employment, LGBTQ Rights
Guest Post by Ryan H. Nelson Ryan H. Nelson is an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School where he teaches employment law and in-house counsel at one of the largest global providers of insurance and employee benefit programs where, inter alia, he provides...
