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Q&A With Lambda Legal’s Executive Director – Law.com
But law school seemed like a good credential or entryway into doing political or civil rights work. Q: Are LGBT people treated more fairly than when you began your legal career? Do they still suffer from significant discrimination in employment … Continue reading
Military Families Face Unique Set of Family Law Difficulties – Costa Rica News
The Service member Family Protection Act and other legal mechanisms help to address the unique family law situations that military members often face. June 06, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ — Researchers report that the rate of divorce in the United …
A Thousand John Yoos – Atlantic Online
Arcane legal theories interfered with the credibility and efficiency … the president and the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command. According to Klaidman, “Law and politics so constrained Obama’s ability to influence counterterrorism policy, it’s …
Did Virginia Law Prevent Thomas Jefferson From Freeing His Slaves? – Huffington Post
Nearly two centuries after his death, Thomas Jefferson continues to be the subject of competing claims about his public policy … the legal environment related to slavery during Jefferson’s life. In his book, Barton cites Virginia’s 1782 law on …
Washington Gay Marriage Law Blocked As Opponents Submit Signatures For Referendum – Huffington Post
The law, passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Chris Gregoire earlier this year, would make Washington the seventh state to have legal same-sex marriages. National groups have already promised time and money to fight the law, including …
Penn State Law students advocate for youth through policy – Digital Collegian
In addition to providing legal representation for children and youth in dependency cases, Penn State Law students in the Children’s Advocacy Clinic have the option to engage in the process of policy development – the option that Zeidler chose to … Continue reading
Egypt: Constitutional Court Looks Into Political Exclusion Law June 14 – AllAfrica.com
some fielded more as independents which gave them an upper hand which some feared undermined the legitimacy of the process. The Constitutional Court’s judicial panel has drafted its legal reports on both laws; political exclusion law and parliament law.
US Labor Board: Some Limits on Employee Social Media Use Are Illegal – PC World
“We’re applying a 77-year-old law to forms of communication that didn’t exist when … However, Solomon found a Wal-Mart provision focused on obscenity and harassment to be legal. That policy encouraged employees to avoid posting information that “could …
DA Campaign’s Email Unlikely to Spur Local Inquiry – Law.com
Several election law attorneys who spoke to The Legal had pointed out the Williams’ campaign email may violate the city charter rules on political activity. But Creamer said that guide is outdated because the board has sole jurisdiction to …
Williams’ Campaign Invited Deputies to Fundraiser – Law.com
A lawyer who worked on election law issues for Williams during his last campaign, Samuel C. Stretton, said the email was “wrong.” “It’s political macing,” said Stretton, an ethics and election lawyer who writes an ethics column for The Legal.
