Reason

Equal Protection Clause Challenge to Single-Sex Public School Classes Can Go Forward

From today's long decision in Stepp v. Lockhart, by Tenth Circuit Judge Scott Matheson, joined by Judges Gregory Phillips and Veronica Rossman (there's a lot going on there besides the single-sex ...
JD Supra

Fourth Circuit Reaffirms Dress Code Violates Equal Protection Clause and Title IX

Peltier, a student’s parent, along with two other parents, filed suit alleging violations of the Equal Protection Clause and Title IX. The plaintiffs alleged that requiring female students to wear ...
JD Supra

SCOTUS to Review Whether State Gender-Based Sports Designations Violate Title IX and Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment

Does Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prevent states from designating separate girls’ and boys’ sports teams based on biological ...
City Limits

Back of the Ballot: New York Voters to Weigh In On Equal Rights Amendment This Election

Dozens of other states have embraced some version of an Equal Rights Amendment in their constitutions. New Yorkers will get a chance to vote on whether to expand the class of people protected against ...
Times Union

Commentary: Affirmative action ruling will violate, not uphold, Equal Protection Clause

The U.S. Supreme Court held that university admissions programs that rely, in part, on racial considerations violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. But the opposite is true: In my ...