It was really a war for equal opportunity and rights under the law.
It shifts depending on how the debate is framed: the more you talk about equal rights under the law, the greater the support for civil unions.
Barbara Arnwine, executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, and Ted Shaw, director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, I thank you both for joining us.
Ms. BARBARA ARWINE (Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law): What's beautiful about the Kimberly Samuels story is just how determined she is to vote, and how she's, you know, struggled with her life problems, and how she is still committed to her city.
And while there is a right to privacy in Britain under the human rights act, the law is much stricter in France.
Indeed, the Russian Constitution (Article 19) guarantees men and women equal rights and equal treatment under the law.
We care about our American union and we care about equal rights for all citizens under the law.
They may receive payment under federal or state civil rights and compensation statutes or under the common law of false imprisonment.
Most importantly, they wanted us to act as guardians of the Constitution and thus the liberty and the rights under law of each individual American.
"As the United States has required from the outset of these negotiations, nothing in this treaty could ever infringe on the rights of American citizens under our domestic law or the Constitution, including the Second Amendment, " he said.
"Courts in seven states have held that ICWA does not bar courts from terminating the parental rights of a non-custodial father under state law when the father abandoned his child to the sole custody of a non-Indian mother, " said Lisa Blatt, attorney for the couple.
It is being brought under the 1998 Human Rights Act, which incorporates into UK law the European Convention on Human Rights.
Lord Pannick argued that there was no danger of a successful challenge under human rights law, because the European Court of Human Rights precedent was firmly against the idea that people had a human right to a particular kind of religious marriage - so if a marriage was refused for religious reasons, the courts would uphold that decision.
For more on that report, I sat down with Gary Orfield, professor of education and director of Harvard's Civil Rights Project, and John Brittain, chief counsel and senior deputy for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
The Countryside Alliance, a lobbying group, is preparing to challenge the ban under human rights law.
Such civil union laws in most cases provide the same rights of marriage under state law, without actually calling it that.
Jeffrey Monsour, a 14-year employee of the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, seeks unspecified damages, claiming violations of his rights to free speech and equal protection under the law, breach of contract and defamation.
Many other states, including New Jersey, Illinois, Delaware, Rhode Island and Hawaii, have legalized domestic partnerships and civil unions for such couples -- a step designed in most cases to provide the same rights of marriage under state law.
CNN: Obama administration weighs in on defense of marriage law
Nine other states, including California, New Jersey, Illinois, Delaware, Rhode Island and Hawaii, have legalized domestic partnerships and civil unions for such couples -- a step designed in most cases to provide the same rights of marriage under state law.
CNN: Gay couple fights for right to marry in epic high court fight
The adoption of Islam by the ruling elite sharpened the divide, with Muslim believers at the centre entitled to protection under sharia law and unbelievers on the periphery denied legal rights.
We are the party of equality under the law, of the 14th Amendment as written, and of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as written.
FORBES: It's Time To Bury The Republican Party And Start All Over
Despite the heinous nature of the crime, the state court imposed lenient sentences, so the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice charged the assailants under the federal hate crimes law on the books at the time.
WHITEHOUSE: Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Blog
In this one, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected attempts by a French businessman to enforce his rights to the trade name for Chartreuse liquor in the U.S. even though he owned it under French law.
Mr Biggs is reported to be suing for the right to stay under the Human Rights Act, recently made part of British law.
At the same time that the EEOC is practically rewriting the law to add "criminal offender" to the list of protected groups under civil-rights statutes, the agency refuses to disclose whether it uses criminal background checks for its own hiring.
WSJ: James Bovard: Perform Criminal Background Checks at Your Peril
Under Scottish law and the European Convention on Human Rights, the accused must be able to understand proceedings at the time so they can instruct their lawyers immediately.
The city said that under a federal civil rights law known as Title VII, employers must ban actions such as promotion tests that would have a "disparate impact" on a protected class, such as a specified race or gender.
CNN: High court backs firefighters in reverse discrimination suit
It has even been discouraged from capturing pirates, because they might demand asylum in Britain, a request with which the UK might have to comply under international human rights law.
The Saudi Labour Ministry has in the past acknowledged some problems with the treatment of domestic staff, but the government also says foreign workers' rights are protected under Islamic law.
British Home Secretary Theresa May ordered Dewani's extradition in September, but he appealed to the High Court, saying it would breach his human rights under European law.
CNN: UK court halts extradition of honeymoon killing suspect
应用推荐