by Katharine Bohrs | Feb 19, 2021 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation
Photo credit: Shay Horse/Nurphoto/Getty Images Last week, Congress voted to acquit former president Donald Trump of inciting the capitol insurrection, under the impeachment articles brought against him. Given that impeachment is the process of removing a president...
by Chris Stevenson | Oct 30, 2020 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice, Policing and Law Enforcement
Last week, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Bovat v. Vermont. The petition stemmed from the Vermont Supreme Court’s 3-2 opinion applying Fourth Amendment search jurisprudence. In denying certiorari, Justice Gorsuch, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, wrote...
by Katharine Bohrs | Oct 16, 2020 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Education & Youth, LGBTQ Rights, Sex Equality
In June of this year in its Bostock v. Clayton County decision, the Supreme Court held for the first time that Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination in employment also prohibits discrimination against an individual based on their sexual orientation or...
by Katharine Bohrs | Mar 25, 2020 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Education & Youth
At this point, many of us are in our second week of social distancing due to the spread of COVID-19. Increasingly, K-12 public schools and school districts across the country have closed for a period of time to prevent students from coming to school and gathering in...
by Sara Carter | Jan 29, 2020 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Executive Branch, Immigration
This is a guest post authored by Kevin Thomson, a student at University of Minnesota Law School. The Suspension Clause is back at the Supreme Court. In March, the Court will hear oral arguments in Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam. The Court granted...
by Molly Coleman | 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...