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Term Talk: Comcast v. National Ass’n of African American-Owned Media, Hernandez v. Mesa

The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. 

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Elizabeth C. Wiggins, Laurie Levenson, Evan Lee
December 16, 2020

Civil Rights. Experts discuss the different legal standards applied to racial discrimination claims brought under §1981 and Title VII, as well as the Court’s hesitation to broaden Bivens claims to cover cross-border shootings.

Participants. Laurie Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Professor, University of California Hastings Law; and Elizabeth Wiggins, Director, Research Division, Federal Judicial Center.


Tags:
Civil Rights | Discrimination | Equal Protection | Title VII | Constitutional Law | Equal Protection | Fourteenth Amendment | Employment Law | Title VII | Section 1983 Litigation | Bivens | Supreme Court: The Term in Review | Term Talk | U.S. Supreme Court

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