Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California In 2012, during the Obama Administration, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]
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Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia and Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda In each of these consolidated cases, the employer fired the employee because of the employee’s sexual orientation. In each
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R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. EEOC In 2013, William Stephens (now Aimee Stephens), a biological male at birth, informed his employer, Harris Funeral Homes, that Stephens sought
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Rucho v. Common Cause In 2016, North Carolina was ordered by a federal court to redraw its congressional districts because the existing map included districts that were racially gerrymandered. Racial gerrymandering
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American Legion v. American Humanist Association It is widely agreed that the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” prohibits the creation of
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Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC The question of when an official copyright registration actually occurs, in compliance with the Copyright Act, has resulted in different rulings in
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Gamble v. United States The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits more than one prosecution or punishment for the same offense. The Supreme Court has long made an
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Washington State Department of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc. This case examines whether the Yakama Treaty of 1855 allows Yakama tribal members and Yakama tribal businesses to be exempt from
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Madison v. Alabama Vernon Madison was convicted of murdering a police officer and sentenced to death. While he was in prison, he suffered several strokes, which left him with significant
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