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Federal Courts Supreme Court Vacates, Remands Transgender Bathroom Case

Supreme Court Vacates, Remands Transgender Bathroom Case

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

One of the Supreme Court's most anticipated cases of the term just got a last minute cancellation. That case, Gloucester County School Board v. G.G., involved...

Federal Courts Both Sides Want the Transgender Bathroom Case to Go Ahead, but How Quickly?

Both Sides Want the Transgender Bathroom Case to Go Ahead, but How Quickly?

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

President Trump reversed federal protections for transgender students last week, abandoning an Obama-era policy that read Title IX as protecting transgender...

Federal Courts Will Sex With His Girlfriend Lead to Man's Deportation?

Will Sex With His Girlfriend Lead to Man's Deportation?

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Juan Esquivel-Quintana was 20 years old when he pleaded no contest to having sex with his 16-year-old girlfriend. Though the relationship would not have been a...

Federal Courts Supreme Court Revives Racial Gerrymandering Challenge in Virginia

Supreme Court Revives Racial Gerrymandering Challenge in Virginia

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Supreme Court ruled today that 11 majority-minority voting districts in Virginia must be reexamined for potential racial bias. The districts at issue were...

Federal Courts Supreme Court Wonders Whether Sex Offenders Have a Right to Tweet

Supreme Court Wonders Whether Sex Offenders Have a Right to Tweet

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Do registered sex offenders have a First Amendment right to sign up for Facebook or follow the president on Twitter? That was the question before the Supreme...

Federal Courts How Will the Court Respond to Trump's New Transgender Bathroom Policy?

How Will the Court Respond to Trump's New Transgender Bathroom Policy?

By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

President Trump rescinded Obama-era protections for transgender students on Wednesday. Those guidelines, now tossed, had interpreted civil rights laws...

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