Violence Against Women and Girls
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The brief argues that lower court committed legal error by failing to adequately consider the effects of domestic violence on the child victim when granting unsupervised visitation to Defendant-Appellee.
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Challenged the distinction between minor, or “de minimus,” and “classic” incidents of domestic violence.
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Determined whether the Lautenberg amendment applies to individuals convicted of a "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" with "recklessness" mens rea.
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Concerning the enduring need for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) after being ratified by 3 states post- the 1982 "deadline."
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Determined the constitutionality of the Violence Against Women Act's civil rights remedy.
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Supreme Court case concerning whether a gun trafficker who abused the mother of his child should be able to legally buy guns
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Prosecuting a stalker under VAWA for violating a restraining order against him and crossing state lines to access his victim.
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Concerning the Chicago Housing Authority's decision to terminate a Housing Choice Section 8 Voucher without consideration of the applicability of the Violence Against Women Act.
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Considered whether international Convention Against Torture may guide eligibility for immigration asylum.
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This brief focuses on two forms of housing discrimination: race discrimination in subprime mortgage lending and sex discrimination against victims of domestic and sexual violence.
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Determined the right to sue under VAWA's civil rights remedy for nonphysical violence (e.g. threats and harassment).
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