News & Analysis as of

Equal Protection › Supreme Court of the United States › First Amendment

The Equal Protection Clause is a section of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution that provides that "no state shall...deny to any citizen within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the... more +
The Equal Protection Clause is a section of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution that provides that "no state shall...deny to any citizen within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Essentially, the Equal Protection Clause provides that the government must treat an individual the same way that it treats other individuals in the same circumstances. The 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause applies only to state governments, but the requirements of the clause apply to the federal government through the Due Process Clause of the 5th Amendment. less -
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Ban on Affirmative Action: Implications, Risks, and Strategies for the Charitable Sector

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on

A pair of recent U.S. Supreme Court cases regarding college admissions standards has potentially wide-ranging implications for all nonprofit organizations that use race as a consideration in their programs. In Students for...more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

Holtzman Vogel Supreme Court Review, October Term 2022

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak on

By: Jason Torchinsky, Ed Wenger, Jan Baran, Jonathan P. Lienhard, Kent Safriet, and David Brown The Supreme Court wrapped up its decisions from the October 2022 Term, with a blockbuster final week addressing issues like...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

OCR Issues Guidance on Protection of Reproductive Health Data

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) yesterday issued guidance addressing how the Health...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

South Carolina’s Fetal Heartbeat Law Following Dobbs

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on

Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the South Carolina Fetal Heartbeat Law (“Heartbeat Law”) went into effect on June 27, 2022. This alert summarizes the core provisions...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The Chaotic Health Care Landscape in a Post-Roe World

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on

The Big Picture - On June 24, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a far-reaching decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, that repudiates nearly 50 years of precedent on a woman’s right to abortion...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Trends - Issue 6

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on

This sixth edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19 litigation, sees us reporting on many of the same types of cases. Consumers continue to seek refunds for goods and services that have been disrupted by the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The U.S. Supreme Court Sides with PA on the Shutdown Showdown—for Now

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on

On referral from Justice Alito to the full court, the Supreme Court of the United States on Wednesday denied an application to halt the enforcement of Pennsylvania Governor Wolf’s shutdown order. As we reported earlier, the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Challenges to Shutdown Orders Reach the U.S. Supreme Court

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on

On April 27, 2020, a group of petitioners asked the Supreme Court of the United States to stay the enforcement of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s March 19, 2020, executive order that closed many of the Commonwealth’s...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Why High Court May Not Rein In Gerrymandering This Term - Law360

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on

During the current term, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two redistricting cases involving claims of partisan gerrymandering. Now, commentators, observers and map-drawers across the country are waiting to see...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Supreme Court Considering Whether to Limit the “Business of Rigging Elections”

Womble Bond Dickinson on

On January 27, 1998, the Winston-Salem Journal featured an article discussing the lack of competitive Congressional races in North Carolina. John Hoeffel, Six Incumbents Are a Week Away From Easy Election, Winston-Salem...more

Sands Anderson PC

Reading Tea Leaves from Arguments in Gill v. Whitford: 5 Lessons from an Election Law Revolution

Sands Anderson PC on

In Wisconsin, legislative assembly elections are like Alice – they’re through the looking glass. After redistricting in 2011, Wisconsin Republicans lost the popular vote for legislative seats with only 49% of the votes cast....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Texas Supreme Court Disputes Reach of Obergefell in Employee Benefits Case

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Texas Supreme Court held that the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark marriage equality decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, did not dispositively address how far government employers must go in providing benefits...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Affirms That Content-Based Sign Codes Violate The First Amendment

Best Best & Krieger LLP on

Now, more than ever, local municipalities should review their municipal sign laws to ensure that signs are not being regulated based on their message. This is in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that an...more

Baker Donelson

Two Months after Same-Sex Marriages Held Constitutional, Where are the Courts Headed on the Unanswered Questions?

Baker Donelson on

On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued its monumental decision in Obergefell, et al. v. Hodges, et al.; Case No. 14-556, holding that state bans of same-sex marriages are unconstitutional. Specifically, the...more

Burr & Forman

Same-Sex Marriage and Tennessee Businesses

Burr & Forman on

In its first opportunity to apply Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court case holding same-sex marriage is a constitutional right, the Tennessee Court of Appeals recently held the state must recognize same-sex...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Religious Institutions: August 2015

Holland & Knight LLP on

The decision by the United States Supreme Court on same-sex marriage has been greeted with praise and disdain by different corners of the country. The faith-based community has been especially outspoken. This is not...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Arizona Town's Content-Based Sign Rules Struck Down by U.S. Supreme Court

Best Best & Krieger LLP on

Local agencies urged to review sign codes in favor of content-neutral rules - The United States Supreme Court recently struck down portions of an Arizona town’s sign code that subjected ideological, political and...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Supreme Court Says Constitution Requires States to License Same-Sex Marriages

McGuireWoods LLP on

In another blockbuster 5-4 ruling authored by Justice Kennedy, in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___. ____ (2015), the U.S. Supreme Court has held that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution requires a state to license...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

BREAKING: Same-Sex Marriage Is The Law Of The Land, SCOTUS Says

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on

The decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, hot off the press, is 103 pages long, but here it is. Some instant analysis: *The due process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution compel...more

19 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide