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United States v. Rahimi
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Whether 18 U.S.C. 搂 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic-violence restraining orders, violates the Second Amendment on its face.
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130 Women's Rights Cases
New Jersey Supreme Court
Nov 2023
Usachenok v. State of New Jersey
The New Jersey Department of Treasury maintains a policy that requires employers investigating workplace discrimination to 鈥渞equest鈥 confidentiality from all witnesses with respect to any information related to the investigation. This case involves whether a confidentiality policy of this kind violates the free speech rights under the New Jersey Constitution of state employees who are witnesses, and whether those rights are broader than the U.S. Constitution鈥檚 First Amendment free speech right. The 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 State Supreme Court Initiative and Women鈥檚 Rights Project, along with the 老澳门开奖结果 of New Jersey, filed an amicus brief in the New Jersey Supreme Court, urging that court to revive a government employee鈥檚 speech claim challenging the confidentiality policy and to interpret the New Jersey Constitution鈥檚 speech protection more broadly than federal constitutional law.
Status: Ongoing
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New Jersey Supreme Court
Women's Rights
Free Speech
Usachenok v. State of New Jersey
The New Jersey Department of Treasury maintains a policy that requires employers investigating workplace discrimination to 鈥渞equest鈥 confidentiality from all witnesses with respect to any information related to the investigation. This case involves whether a confidentiality policy of this kind violates the free speech rights under the New Jersey Constitution of state employees who are witnesses, and whether those rights are broader than the U.S. Constitution鈥檚 First Amendment free speech right. The 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 State Supreme Court Initiative and Women鈥檚 Rights Project, along with the 老澳门开奖结果 of New Jersey, filed an amicus brief in the New Jersey Supreme Court, urging that court to revive a government employee鈥檚 speech claim challenging the confidentiality policy and to interpret the New Jersey Constitution鈥檚 speech protection more broadly than federal constitutional law.
Nov 2023
Status: Ongoing
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Texas
Nov 2023
Spring Branch ISD Advocacy 鈥 Dress Code Discrimination
On March 1, 2023, WRP and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas sent an advocacy letter to Spring Branch Independent School District (鈥淒istrict鈥) on behalf of G.H., a Spring Woods High School student athlete. The 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 investigation had revealed that the District maintained a discriminatory, sex-specific dress code and gender-based inequities in the school鈥檚 athletics program, and that the student was mistreated after objecting to these policies and practices. The advocacy letter raised concerns that the District鈥檚 actions reinforced invidious sex stereotypes, treated girl athletes as lesser than boy athletes, and potentially violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The District鈥檚 policies and actions harm all students, regardless of gender, but have particularly egregious consequences for Black girls and other girls of color.
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Texas
Women's Rights
Free Speech
Spring Branch ISD Advocacy 鈥 Dress Code Discrimination
On March 1, 2023, WRP and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Texas sent an advocacy letter to Spring Branch Independent School District (鈥淒istrict鈥) on behalf of G.H., a Spring Woods High School student athlete. The 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 investigation had revealed that the District maintained a discriminatory, sex-specific dress code and gender-based inequities in the school鈥檚 athletics program, and that the student was mistreated after objecting to these policies and practices. The advocacy letter raised concerns that the District鈥檚 actions reinforced invidious sex stereotypes, treated girl athletes as lesser than boy athletes, and potentially violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The District鈥檚 policies and actions harm all students, regardless of gender, but have particularly egregious consequences for Black girls and other girls of color.
Nov 2023
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Northern California
Sep 2023
Liapes v. Facebook, Inc.
Status: Ongoing
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Northern California
Women's Rights
Racial Justice
Liapes v. Facebook, Inc.
Sep 2023
Status: Ongoing
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South Carolina
Feb 2023
CYAP v. Wilson
The 老澳门开奖结果 filed a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina鈥檚 鈥渄isturbing schools鈥 and 鈥渄isorderly conduct鈥 laws. The laws allowed students in school to be criminally charged for normal adolescent behaviors including loitering, cursing, or undefined 鈥渙bnoxious鈥 actions on school grounds and encouraged discriminatory enforcement against Black students and students with disabilities. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court ruling that enforcing these laws against students was unconstitutional, affirming that subjecting students to criminal penalties under such vague rules interferes with their education and their future, and produces stark racial disparities. This decision should be instructive to the many school districts across the country where students continue to be charged with 鈥榙isorderly conduct鈥 and similar vague crimes.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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South Carolina
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
CYAP v. Wilson
The 老澳门开奖结果 filed a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina鈥檚 鈥渄isturbing schools鈥 and 鈥渄isorderly conduct鈥 laws. The laws allowed students in school to be criminally charged for normal adolescent behaviors including loitering, cursing, or undefined 鈥渙bnoxious鈥 actions on school grounds and encouraged discriminatory enforcement against Black students and students with disabilities. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court ruling that enforcing these laws against students was unconstitutional, affirming that subjecting students to criminal penalties under such vague rules interferes with their education and their future, and produces stark racial disparities. This decision should be instructive to the many school districts across the country where students continue to be charged with 鈥榙isorderly conduct鈥 and similar vague crimes.
Feb 2023
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
Whether civil rights statutes that prohibit federal financial recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, and sex allow plaintiffs to be compensated for emotional distress injuries where they show that they were victims of discrimination.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
Whether civil rights statutes that prohibit federal financial recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, and sex allow plaintiffs to be compensated for emotional distress injuries where they show that they were victims of discrimination.
Apr 2022
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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