Our rights, our futuretag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-13333742009-07-02T14:12:00-04:00National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights Blog, covering the rollback of civil rights and developments in the courts.TypePadSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesNCRCR Interview Series: Ashcroft v. Iqbaltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008c6ec4b8834011571c71fa2970b2009-07-02T14:12:00-04:002009-07-02T14:12:00-04:00For the inaugural episode of the National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights interview series, we spoke with Alex Reinert, an Assistant Professor of Law at the Cardozo School of Law, who argued the recent case Ashcroft v. Iqbal before the...Carey AlexanderThe Impact Of Forest Grove School Dist., v. T.A.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e008c6ec4b8834011571c69545970b2009-06-30T11:31:00-04:002009-07-06T02:15:52-04:00In an important 6-3 decision written by Justice Stevens, the Supreme Court affirmed a Ninth Circuit ruling for parents of a child with disabilities enrolled in a private school, holding that the 2004 amendments Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)...Carey AlexanderSotomayor's Record Confirms Neutrality On Issues Of Discriminationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-684607732009-06-24T17:14:44-04:002009-06-24T17:14:44-04:00The record of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor continues to attract attention as her confirmation hearing draws neigh. In a recent analysis of the 96 race-related cases that came before Justice Sotomayor while on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals,...Carey AlexanderSupreme Court Cases from May 25, 2009 to June 8, 2009tag:typepad.com,2003:post-682028052009-06-17T10:43:16-04:002009-06-17T10:43:16-04:00The following is a compilation of cases in which the Supreme Court granted, denied, or received a petition for cert. Petitioned American Home Products Corporation v. Ferrari Issue: Whether the holding in Roe v. Flores-Ortega is applicable in a habeas...Carey AlexanderObama Nominates Sonia Sotomayor To Replace Justice Soutertag:typepad.com,2003:post-675463012009-06-02T11:04:30-04:002009-06-02T11:05:30-04:00President Obama has announced his intention to nominate Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, filling a seat soon to be vacated by Justice David Souter. If confirmed, Sotomayor will be the third woman, and the first ever Latina Supreme Court...Carey Alexander