The American Constitution Society Western New York Lawyer Chapter began in 2008 and earned its Charter in 2011.
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09/08/2022
https://jezebel.com/federal-judge-rules-that-employers-can-refuse-to-cover-1849505978
Federal Judge Rules That Employers Can Refuse to Cover HIV Prevention Drugs on Religious Grounds The Affordable Care Act requires insurance plans to cover PrEP, but a judge in Texas decided that violates employers' religious freedom.
07/12/2022
The Case That Could Blow Up American Election Law A radical and baseless legal theory could upend the country’s most essential democratic process.
07/11/2022
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jul/11/us-supreme-court-liberal-justices-dissenting-opinions
What the liberal justices’ scorching dissent reveals about the US supreme court Opinions from Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayor send stark warning about increasingly radical court abandoning long-held principles
05/25/2022
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04/06/2021
https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/the-filibuster-threatens-both-civil-rights-and-workers-rights/
The Filibuster Threatens Both Civil Rights and Workers’ Rights | ACS The GOP’s embrace of the filibuster to thwart President Biden’s legislative agenda reveals how the struggles to extend civil rights and labor rights are inextricably intertwined.
02/24/2021
oday will hear oral arguments in Lange v. California to determine whether the permits the police, in all cases, to pursue an individual into a private home without a warrant while making a misdemeanor arrest. Read the brief filed:
Lange v. California | Constitutional Accountability Center In Lange v. California, the Supreme Court is considering whether the Fourth Amendment permits the police, in all cases, to pursue an individual into a private home without a warrant while attempting to make a misdemeanor arrest, or whether specific exigent circumstances are required.