U.S. Territories
United States v. Vaello Madero
Equal protection under the Fifth Amendment guarantees that the federal government will not discriminate against individuals without a rational basis. Not in Puerto Rico. Last Term, in United States v.…
Equal Protection
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Second Amendment
Race and Guns, Courts and Democracy
Is racism in gun regulation reason to look to the Supreme Court to expand Second Amendment rights? While discussion of race and guns recurs across the briefs in New York…
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Election Law
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee
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Race and the Law
Monopolizing Whiteness
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Constitutional Law
Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College
First Circuit Holds that Harvard’s Admissions Program Does Not Violate the Civil Rights Act.
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Constitutional Law
Jones v. Governor of Florida
Eleventh Circuit Upholds Statute Limiting Constitutional Amendment on Felon Reenfranchisement.
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Election and Voting Law
Baten v. McMaster
Fourth Circuit Rules that Winner-Take-All System Is Constitutional.
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Race and the Law
Black Lives Discounted: Altering the Standard for Voir Dire and the Rules of Evidence to Better Account for Implicit Racial Biases Against Black Victims in Self-Defense Cases
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Election Law
Mays v. LaRose
Sixth Circuit Limits Scope of Equal Protection Analysis Regarding Disparate Treatment of Voters.
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Territorial Law
United States v. Vaello-Madero
First Circuit Affirms that Unequal Federal Benefits Program in Puerto Rico Violates Fifth Amendment.