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Look Beyond Constitutional Interpretation When Picking Judges
by Glenn Sugameli, Senior Legislative Counsel at Earthjustice. Sugameli has also headed Earthjustice’s Judging the Environment Project on federal judicial nominations and the environment since 2001. One of President Obama’s most enduring legacies will be the nominees he selects for...
Securing Administration E-Mails For Historical Record Remains Ongoing Struggle
A combination of technical and legal barriers may impede the transfer of the Bush administration’s records to the National Archives by the end of its term, the Washington Post reports. Among the 300 million electronic messages and 25,000 boxes of documents, there are hundreds...
Array of Remedies Should Be Available For Gender Discrimination In Public Schools
by Dina Lassow, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center. Ms. Lassow analyzes Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, which was recently argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, which was argued before the Supreme Court on December 2, 2008,...
Calif. Court Says Schools Can Use Affirmative Action, Despite Prop. 209
A California state court tossed aside an effort to prohibit the Los Angeles Unified School District from using affirmative action policy in admissions for its magnet school. A lawsuit was lodged against the school district by proponents of Proposition 209, which banned affirmative action policies...