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Lipsky, 63 N.E.2d 642 (Ill. 1945), the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, did not allow a married woman to stay registered to vote under her birth name, due to "the long-established custom, policy and rule of the common law among English-speaking peoples whereby a woman's name is changed by marriage and her husband's surname becomes ...
Born. ( 1954-11-02) November 2, 1954 (age 69) Brownsville, Texas, U.S. Alma mater. University of Texas–Pan American ( B.A.) Harvard Law School ( JD) Norma V. Cantú (born November 2, 1954) is an American civil rights lawyer and educator. From 2021 to 2023, she served as chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, the first Latina ...
The Married Women's Property Act was enacted on April 7, 1848, as part of a more general movement, underway since the 1820s, away from common law traditions in favor of the codification of law. Ernestine Rose had been campaigning for such a statute since 1836, later joined by Paulina Wright Davis and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. [15]
The resolution, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women", reads, in part: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...
Loaded 0%. A Texas woman who self-managed her abortion is suing prosecutors and a local sheriff after she was held in jail for two nights on a murder charge that was ultimately dismissed. Lizelle ...
August 1, 2024 at 5:32 PM. By Sarah N. Lynch. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department found on Thursday that Texas has routinely violated the civil rights of juveniles at five of its ...
In 2009, women were 21.6% of law school Deans, 45.7% of Associate, Vice-Deans or Deputy Deans and 66.2% of Assistant Deans. Women have better representation on law school Law Reviews. In the top 50 schools as ranked by US World and News Reports in 2012–2013, women made up 46% of leadership positions and 38% of editor-in-chief positions.
July 30, 2024 at 9:55 AM. By Mike Scarcella and Jody Godoy. (Reuters) -Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state’s lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent of ...