The Latest Breaking News from Discrimination

In Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC (2012), the Supreme Court unanimously held that religious institutions have the constitutional right to freedom in selecting their clergy and religious teachers, notwithstanding federal or state antidiscrimination law. In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrisey-Berru (2020), the Court held (by a 7-2 vote) that this…

Telangana Minorities Welfare Dept.’s ‘populist schemes’, such as Shaadi Mubarak and iftar parties, are most fund-utilised. Poor performance of schemes that could help change lives of minorities exposed. RTI replies, fieldwork and case studies reveal lack of transparency, unimplemented schemes, under-utilised funds, and budget discrimination.

Indian pilots returning home after working abroad face long, tedious process to obtain/renew Indian licence. Despite job discrimination, many still want to return due to India's fast-growing aviation industry. Pilots find it easier to obtain foreign licence than Indian one, with some countries issuing it in 7 days.

Why did the Supreme Court not allow the Special Marriage Act to be used for queer couples to get married? Will the legislature be open to enacting a law to make same-sex marriage legal?

The nation's sex discrimination commissioner has expressed concerns state-based coercive control legislation could be abused.

A conversation with a colleague leads me to repost this item from 2016; I also made similar points in this 2017 post about a different controversy. It's of course far removed in some ways on the facts from the controversies we've been seeing recently. Some might argue, for instance, that…

Dozens of activists who champion LGBTQ, indigenous peoples’ and reproductive rights or campaign against discrimination have turned their backs in a silent protest in Geneva

In China, LGBTQ+ activists and groups are consistently targeted by authorities and tech platforms. This is done digitally through computer algorithms, and physically by law enforcement and state security personnel trying to constrain their work.

The Albanese government has secured the passage of its Pacific engagement visa scheme after agreeing to a review to reduce discrimination in the system.

Sunday, the Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed by a law professor at UC Berkeley that argued: My students are largely engaged and well-prepared, and I regularly recommend them to legal employers. But if you don't want to hire people who advocate hate and practice discrimination, don't hire some of…

Serial-blogging my recent article in the Journal of Free Speech Law