Common Threads: Examining State Restrictions on 14th Amendment Rights
To what extent are states allowed to restrict 14th amendment rights? Reflecting on recent Supreme Court and District Court decisions, panelists will investigate this question in four separate areas of law – immigration, LGBTQIA rights, reproductive rights, and voting rights. Our speakers will illuminate common themes, including the burden on states to identify and defend interests purportedly served by restrictive laws; the standard of review; and the role of evidence in the court room. Speakers will place their cases in context and then consider how these decisions could shape constitutional law jurisprudence more broadly. Finally, they will discuss whether and how persuasive legal arguments have shaped how the public more broadly thinks about these issues, and what advocates can learn from one another moving forward.
Networking reception to follow.
Welcome Remarks by:
Robert M. Carlson, ABA President-Elect
Lourdes Rivera, Senior Vice President, U.S. Programs, Center for Reproductive Rights
Martin Quintana, President, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
Moderated by: Laura Beth Nielsen, Professor and Director of Legal Studies, Northwestern; Research Professor, American Bar Foundation
Featuring:
Steven Monroy, Staff Attorney, MALDEF
Amy Myrick, Staff Attorney, Judicial Strategy, Center for Reproductive Rights
Camilla Taylor, Acting Legal Director, Lambda Legal
Claudia Valenzuela, Detention Project Director, National Immigrant Justice Center
Cosponsored by:
American Bar Association Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice
American Bar Association Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities
American Constitution Society
Chicago Bar Association
Chinese American Bar Association of Greater Chicago
Cook County Bar Association
Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago
Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
Hispanic National Bar Association Region IX
National Organization for Women Chicago Chapter
South Asian Bar Association of Chicago
Parking will not be available on site, however there are several parking lots located nearby. http://bit.ly/2HPE59V
To what extent are states allowed to restrict 14th amendment rights? Reflecting on recent Supreme Court and District Court decisions, panelists will investigate this question in four separate areas of law – immigration, LGBTQIA rights, reproductive rights, and voting rights. Our speakers will illuminate common themes, including the burden on states to identify and defend interests purportedly served by restrictive laws; the standard of review; and the role of evidence in the court room. Speakers will place their cases in context and then consider how these decisions could shape constitutional law jurisprudence more broadly. Finally, they will discuss whether and how persuasive legal arguments have shaped how the public more broadly thinks about these issues, and what advocates can learn from one another moving forward.
Networking reception to follow.
Welcome Remarks by:
Robert M. Carlson, ABA President-Elect
Lourdes Rivera, Senior Vice President, U.S. Programs, Center for Reproductive Rights
Martin Quintana, President, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
Moderated by: Laura Beth Nielsen, Professor and Director of Legal Studies, Northwestern; Research Professor, American Bar Foundation
Featuring:
Steven Monroy, Staff Attorney, MALDEF
Amy Myrick, Staff Attorney, Judicial Strategy, Center for Reproductive Rights
Camilla Taylor, Acting Legal Director, Lambda Legal
Claudia Valenzuela, Detention Project Director, National Immigrant Justice Center
Cosponsored by:
American Bar Association Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice
American Bar Association Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities
American Constitution Society
Chicago Bar Association
Chinese American Bar Association of Greater Chicago
Cook County Bar Association
Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago
Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
Hispanic National Bar Association Region IX
National Organization for Women Chicago Chapter
South Asian Bar Association of Chicago
Parking will not be available on site, however there are several parking lots located nearby. http://bit.ly/2HPE59V