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Human Rights Act 1998 – individuals’ rights should not be contravened and independence, choice and inclusion are paramount. It is also acknowledged that some individuals require constant supervision due to their conditions/illnesses.

Despite some recent reforms, there are still criticisms to be made of the current law

Yet, despite this small judicial victory, Governor Abbott signed HB 3859. This bill gives child welfare agencies that are faith-based more autonomy with the services that they provide. For example, an agency can “refuse to contract with other organizations that don't share their religious beliefs.” As gender identity is a hot-button issue in the state, this give these child welfare agencies to use taxpayers dollars to discriminate against foster youth and prospective parents. The legislation allows for welfare agencies to “refuse

Although Obama’s law may not have passed, many have throughout the last couple hundred years. Amendments have also been proposed throughout history when laws were not enough to suit the peoples ever changing needs. New Hampshire called for an amendment that stated, "that no

The discrimination against sexual orientation is protected under the analogous ground of s.15 (1) of Charter. In this case, an Act created a distinction on the analogous ground against gays, lesbians and other disadvantage groups and resulted in disadvantage. The s.15 (1) of Charter guarantee equal protection and benefits before and under the law without discrimination but in this case the human right law did not equally benefited or protected the gays and lesbians. Furthermore, if there is any law that discriminate some individuals or groups of people, the equality rights protects them from that discrimination. For instance, without the equality rights, people like Vriend would not have received equal treatment. It is also relevant because the SCC had set the precedents for lower courts and decision prevent further discrimination against

Within 24 hours after passage, Brenda, a civil rights attorney, brings a cause of action in federal court to have the new regulation ruled unconstitutional. The federal court immediately rules that the state law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and issues an injunction against its enforcement.

Jensen’s initial reaction when the bill was introduced was that this language was in direct violation of the rights granted by the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. But the exclusion of rights for the transgender community isn’t a new occurrence; according to Jensen, the Arizona Department of Corrections already has a statue that “specifically denies gender confirmation

In this week’s forum we are asked to identify a piece of legislation that is being or have been debated in Congress. A woman's choice: The right to privacy and the right to choose (2013), identified the Texas law called the House Bill 2 (HB2). The Texas Latino community filed the suit called HB2 that requires doctors at all abortion clinics to possess admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, and for the clinics to meet the standards of ambulatory surgical centers, known as Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, docket 15-274.

The RFRA essentially prohibits the “Government [from] substantially burden[ing] a person’s exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability” unless the Government “demonstrates that application of the burden to the person is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling government interest.” Although they have been renewed, the RFRA has progressed passed the “balancing of interests” test and compelling state interest test in the Sherbert and Yoder cases and required a “least restrictive means of furthering that compelling state interest.”

The Alabama law passed about prohibiting anyone who has had a sex reassignment surgery to be employed as a public school teacher is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause. Since the law is classifying a group of individuals, transgender, this would fall under the test of heighted scrutiny. The law would not be tested under strict scrutiny because it is not a suspect classification of individuals such as race, nationality, color, or religion. Under the heighted scrutiny test the burden is on the government to show their intent of actions bears a substantial relationship important to a government interest.

On Wednesday, March 23,2016 the Supreme Court heads toward a legal challenge created by a Christian nonprofit employers that are against providing female workers insurance that covers birth control which is required by Obama’s healthcare law. The employers call contraception as immoral and they also said that the government should not make religious believers to choose either following their faith or following the law. That places of worship should be exempted from these such laws.

change? The case does not give the reader the impression that there is much support towards the

This document investigates the proposed amendments in the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014 (Cth) as approved by the Senate’s Education and Employment Legislation Committee in June 2014 (EELC 2014). Specifically, it investigates four key amendments relating to Greenfields Agreements:

This new requirement is the change most likely to have the biggest impact on how class actions proceed, mainly because its language is vague and susceptible to differing interpretations. So, while on the one hand, the addition of a new requirement may decrease the number of cases that are allowed to proceed as class actions, on the other hand, there will likely be an increase in litigation dealing with how “type and scope” should be interpreted.

However, some people oppose the policy citing that it is the right of the citizens to ensure adequate protection. They hold that the policy should not apply as it is bound to infringe of the citizens basic rights (Totten & Pedersen, 2012, p. 468).