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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: February 19

This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: February 19

by Charlie Birkel | Feb 19, 2018 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup

Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.  This week the Fourth Circuit found Travel Ban 3.0 unconstitutional, the Senate failed to reach consensus on DACA, Justice Ginsburg spoke on topics from the #MeToo movement to voting rights, and legislation...
“Comparable Evils”: How to Read Sexual Orientation into Title VII’s Evolving Protections

“Comparable Evils”: How to Read Sexual Orientation into Title VII’s Evolving Protections

by Charlie Birkel | 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...
The Uncertain Weight of Probable Cause in Retaliatory-Arrest Claims

The Uncertain Weight of Probable Cause in Retaliatory-Arrest Claims

by Charlie Birkel | Nov 3, 2017 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Freedom of Expression, Policing and Law Enforcement

On December 4, 2014, two photographers found themselves in the custody of the New York Police Department.[1] Both were arrested while documenting a protest in Times Square over the decision not to indict the police officer responsible for Eric Garner’s death.[2] One,...

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