Biden revives LGBT protections against healthcare discrimination
Gay and transgender people will be protected against sex discrimination in healthcare, the U.S. health secretary said yesterday, as...
top of page
- May 10, 2021
Utah Supreme Court upholds rights of trans persons to change name and sex on state records
In a 4-1 decision announced on Thursday, Utah's Supreme Court expanded transgender rights in the state by siding with two trans...
- Apr 26, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court ponders cheerleader's profanity in free speech flap
A Pennsylvania teenager whose profanity-laced outburst on social media got her banished from her high school's cheerleading squad is at...
- Apr 22, 2021
How many years will Derek Chauvin be in prison after guilty verdict in Floyd's death?
On Tuesday Derek Chauvin was convicted on all charges: second-degree murder (maximum sentence of 40 years), third-degree murder (maximum...
- Apr 20, 2021
Minneapolis jury convicts ex-policeman Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd
Today the jury found former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin guilty of all three counts he was facing — second-degree murder,...
- Apr 19, 2021
Federal Disability Discrimination Law Does Not Require Websites Be Accessible, Appeals Court Holds
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the activities of places...
- Apr 13, 2021
Are Covid-19 Vaccine Passports Legal?
“Vaccine passports,” or Digital Health Passes (DHPs), have been lauded by many business leaders as way to “get back to normal.” Polling...
- Apr 12, 2021
What is the Senate filibuster, and what would it take to eliminate it?
The Senate tradition of unlimited debate has allowed for the use of the filibuster, a loosely defined term for action designed to prolong...
- Apr 7, 2021
California prisons grapple with hundreds of transgender inmates requesting new housing
The California prison system has received 261 applications since January 1 from transgender, intersex, and non-binary inmates to transfer...
- Apr 2, 2021
Attorney Rance Shaw featured in Oregon State Bar Bulletin
Congratulations to attorney Rance Shaw! Rance is featured in the Oregon State Bar Bulletin as he has been working diligently to keep up...
- Mar 31, 2021
Biden issues first presidential proclamation on Trans Day of Visibility
Today we honor International Transgender Day of Visibility. Held annually on March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility is a...
- Mar 30, 2021
Leaving home behind: The fates of Japanese American houses during internment
Yesterday we posted about Japanese internment camps and Roosevelt’s Executive Order authorizing internment. Yesterday’s post does not...
- Mar 29, 2021
Long Road to Redress: Japanese Internment Camps
Sign marking the entrance to the Manzanar War Relocation Center, near Lone Pine, California; photograph by Ansel Adams, 1943. Library of...
- Mar 26, 2021
Arkansas, South Carolina and Wyoming Race to Not Be Last State in U.S. to Pass a Hate Crime Law
On June 17, 2015, nine African-Americans were killed during a Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in...
- Mar 24, 2021
There are two names on the federal hate crimes law. One is Matthew Shepard. The other is James Byrd
James Byrd Jr. was a 49-year-old black man and father of three; on the morning of June 7, 1998, Byrd was picked up by two white men....
- Mar 23, 2021
Wyoming still won’t have hate crime legislation 23 years after Matthew Shepard’s murder
On October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard was robbed, tortured, and left to die at the age of 21 near Laramie, Wyoming. He was taken to the...
- Mar 22, 2021
What is a hate crime? The narrow legal definition makes it hard to charge and convict
This week we will be posting about hate crimes in the United States. Hate crimes are crimes motivated by bias on the basis of race,...
- Mar 19, 2021
House Renews Violence Against Women Act, But Senate Hurdles Remain
The House approved with bipartisan support a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a popular 1994 law that protects...
- Mar 18, 2021
Lawmakers call for change in Covid rhetoric amid rise in violence against Asian Americans
Lawmakers and experts, testifying before a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing today, called for a shift in public rhetoric surrounding...
- Mar 15, 2021
Supreme Court's COVID-19 cases stir up battle between religion, same-sex couples over foster care
The Supreme Court is set to rule later this year in a major case questioning whether Philadelphia can stop working with a Catholic...
bottom of page