by bchen | Mar 2, 2018 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Legal History, LGBTQ Rights, Sex Equality
In a win for LGBTQ rights, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc. on February 26, ruling that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation. This decision is the latest...
by R.J. McVeigh | Dec 7, 2017 | Amicus, LGBTQ Rights
Jazmynne Young is a trans woman and LGBTQ rights activist. She was arrested this summer and held at Valley Street Jail in Manchester, NH for several days on charges of receiving stolen property. The charges were ultimately dropped. She spoke with me about her...
by | Dec 3, 2017 | Amicus, Congress, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, LGBTQ Rights
In a recent decision, Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College, the Seventh Circuit took time to consider the methods of statutory interpretation at its disposal before advancing a new and unorthodox statutory reading. Sitting en banc, the court was considering a claim of...
by JLPP | Nov 10, 2017 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Environmental Justice, Executive Branch, Immigration, LGBTQ Rights, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights
This week marks one year since Donald Trump won the presidential election. The next day, I wrote a reflection piece for this blog, outlining the fears many of us shared and voicing hope and determination we held onto. Now, a year later, I write about where we are...
by R.J. McVeigh | Oct 21, 2017 | Amicus, LGBTQ Rights
Earlier this month, Mississippi’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, the Religious Liberty Accommodations Act[1], went into effect. Enacted following the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges[2] decision legalizing same-sex marriage, the law was initially supposed to have come into...
by Harvard Negotiation Law Review | Apr 13, 2017 | Amicus, Labor and Employment, LGBTQ Rights, Uncategorized
In recent years, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community has gained many civil rights. Yet people continue to be fired, demoted, or treated differently at work because of their gender identities or sexual orientation. Until last week, however, no...