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Business Better Podcast Episode: Is DEI at Risk? Considerations on the US Supreme Court Ruling Against Affirmative Action Programs
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Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 350: Listen and Learn -- Privileges and Immunities Clause (Con Law)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 301: Listen and Learn -- The Confrontation Clause
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#WorkforceWednesday: Mandatory Vaccination, Tipped Worker Rule, and SCOTUS Rules Against Organized Labor - Employment Law This Week®
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 137: Listen and Learn -- The Confrontation Clause
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 295: Listen and Learn -- Due Process and Equal Protection (Con Law)
Notorious: The RBG Podcast - Episode 11: Three Cheers for Beer: A Discussion of Craig v. Boren
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 117: Listen and Learn -- Due Process and Equal Protection (Con Law)
#WorkforceWednesday: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leaves Behind a Legacy - Employment Law This Week®
Will The Debt Ceiling Standoff End Up In Court?
Weekly Brief: Lawyers Laid Off After Foreclosure Settlement
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The United States Supreme Court recently held in Obergefell v. Hodges http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf that all states must recognize and allow marriages between same sex partners. Depending on an...more
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