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The article discusses court decisions regarding the formulation of transgender rights to avoid sex discrimination in employment in the U.S. It cites the case of Glenn Morrison who was terminated from his work in the Office of Legislative Counsel when he announced his plan to turn into a woman. Retired U.S. Army Special Operations colonel David Schroer was also terminated as terrorism analyst at the Library of Congress after he undergone a facial surgery and sex change to help him transform into a woman. However, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination based of race, color, religion or national origin but it does not specifically include protection for transgender people.

Summarizes civil rights decisions handed by the U.S. Supreme Court during its 1983-1984 term. Arguments on whether a public employer could be compelled to grant racial preferences to Afro-Americans after laying off employees; Minnesota's authority to compel an all-male organization to accept female members under anti-sex discrimination rules; Legality of government intervention to redistribute land in Hawaii.

The article discusses the issue of accessibility of websites. It mentions the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) which provides access to places of public accommodation, the lack of regulations from the U.S. Dept. of Justice regarding ADA accessibility for websites, and presents a sample of lawsuits and judgments regarding such access.

The article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the 2015 case Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project which deals with tax credits and the concept of unconscious discrimination in the development of low-income housing, and it mentions the potential impact that the court's decision could have on civil rights and criminal cases involving implicit bias claims. The U.S. Fair Housing Act and racial discrimination in jury selection are assessed.

Focuses on U.S. Supreme Court cases that will help determine the nature of the Miranda rights governing police questioning. Unresolved questions about the Miranda warning; Court ruling in the 1994 Chavez v. Martinez case; Physical fruit of the Miranda violation; Information on three automobile search cases to be held in November 2003. INSET: MIRANDA WARNING.

Focuses on the civil rights rulings made by the majority of the United States Supreme Court. Members of the majority; Information on the Boy Scouts versus Dale case on expressive association; Details on the Good News Club versus Milford Central case.

Focuses on a Supreme Court decision which ruled that general laws against loitering and vagrancy is making `normally innocent behavior' into a crime and gives the police unfettered power to `round-up the so-called undersirables.' Reference to the 1960s lawsuit `Shuttlesworth versus City of Alabama'; Decision pending on the constitutionality of a loitering ordinance in the case Chicago versus Morales; Why the case is being closely monitored by other municipalities.

Examines U.S. Supreme Court decisions in civil rights cases, as of November 1989. Disparate-impact claims against the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for making promotions on the basis of a program evaluation test; Claims of women in a class-action suit against the use of a physical-fitness test given to would-be firefighters in Illinois.

The article reports on the landmark Supreme Court decision in the U.S. upholding a private Second Amendment right to bear arms. Working with Smith & Wesson Corp., the Second Amendment Foundation memorialized the victory for gun owners in District of Columbia v. Heller with a specially engraved S&W Model 442. This gesture was also intended as an insider's poke at Washington D.C.'s gun laws, which ban semi-automatics but permit revolvers, according to Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Bellevue, Washington, group. He stated that the proceeds from special-edition sales, will help fund additional gun-rights litigation.

The article presents information on the Jehovah's Witnesses who were involved in more than 70 Supreme Court cases in the U.S. including West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. The court had overturned a state law compelling school children to salute the U.S. flag each morning. Citing their faith's prohibition against the worship of graven images Jehovah's Witness families had refused to do so. Announcing the decision on Flag Day during wartime, Justice Robert H. Jackson declared that no patriotic creed should usurp civil liberty.