Sharon Mo Columnist "[F]ear of retaliation is the leading reason why people stay silent about the discrimination they have encountered or observed.” – Justice Ginsburg in dissent[1] Retaliation claims are now the bread and butter of employment discrimination actions. In 2014, retaliation claims brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accounted … Continue reading Raising the Bar: Retaliation in the wake of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar
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Why is it always the wrong time to talk about gun control?
Sydney Winkler COL '16 When ten people were killed and nine others were injured in a shooting at Umpqua Community College in southwestern Oregon this past Thursday, people criticized the President for making the issue “political.” But there is no time to spare when it comes to saving lives from the next mass shooting. Sadly, … Continue reading Why is it always the wrong time to talk about gun control?
The Trouble With Anti-Vaxx and the Role of the Courts
Anthony Albanese COL '16 Introduction Vaccines have become a staple of public health interventions over the past century. Epidemics from smallpox to the measles have been stifled through compulsory vaccination. Yet the anti-vaccination movement is the strongest it has ever been. 48 of 50 states have carved out some sort of exemption to mandatory vaccination, … Continue reading The Trouble With Anti-Vaxx and the Role of the Courts
Medicaid Expansion and the Supreme Court
John Channing Ruff Student Contribution The Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers states the option of a completely federally-funded expansion of Medicaid for the next three years, but many governors have declined that expansion. As a result, there are approximately fifteen million potential Medicaid-eligible people without insurance coverage. The federal government has been unable to compel … Continue reading Medicaid Expansion and the Supreme Court
The Legality of a Short-Term Solution to the Long-Term Problem of Immigration
Sydney Winkler COL '16 There has been much controversy surrounding President Obama’s most recent executive action. It will expand the deferred program, also known as DACA, to parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents. The program is poised to give temporary legal status to over 4.3 million illegal immigrants. While seemingly large in scope, … Continue reading The Legality of a Short-Term Solution to the Long-Term Problem of Immigration
Protecting Pornography: An Examination of Legal Support
Sonia Okolie COL '15 There has been much controversy in the law regarding the creation and regulation of pornographic content. Pornography, and the laws concerned with it, considers the proper intersection of sexual repression and sexual representation. It first becomes necessary to identify a working definition of the term “pornography,” especially in relation to standard … Continue reading Protecting Pornography: An Examination of Legal Support