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GU March for Our Lives Calls for Gun Reform at SCOTUS

GU March for Our Lives Calls for Gun Reform at SCOTUS

By Giulia Testa December 6, 2019

Students from the Georgetown chapter of March for Our Lives joined hundreds of demonstrators outside the Supreme Court to advocate for gun control reform Dec. 2. The case, filed by the National Rifle...

VIEWPOINT: Support Preservation of DACA

VIEWPOINT: Support Preservation of DACA

By Mahima Chaudhary October 18, 2019

This year’s U.S. Supreme Court session will be distinguished by landmark cases that will direct the future of American society in an era plagued with uncertainty, injustice and virulence. In the hands...

@ACLUOFDC/INSTAGRAM | Around 10 Georgetown students demonstrated outside the Supreme Court as two cases on LGBTQ labor rights were heard on Oct. 8.

Students Protest for LGBTQ Labor Rights at SCOTUS

By Kelly Anderson October 11, 2019

Georgetown University students demonstrated in support of LGBTQ labor rights outside of the Supreme Court Oct. 8 as opening arguments on three high-profile cases were presented to the court. The Supreme...

VIEWPOINT: Correct Transgender Stereotypes

By Al Castillo and Riley Christensen February 3, 2019

The founders of the United States once identified “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as inalienable rights granted to every person. Unfortunately, these rights are not currently enjoyed by...

CHRISTINEFAIR.NET Professor Christine Fair has come under fire for a Saturday tweet.

Professor’s Tweets Prompt Tepid University Response

By Will Cassou and Deepika Jonnalagadda October 5, 2018

Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia condemned the use of “violent imagery” Tuesday after professor Christine Fair was criticized for a Saturday tweet that called for violence against...

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg praised growing equality for women in the legal field in an address at the Law Center.

Justice Ginsburg Praises Higher Representation of Women in Law

By Hannah Urtz September 22, 2017

Opportunities for women in the legal field have improved drastically over the past 50 years, said Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Georgetown University Law Center on Wednesday afternoon. Ginsburg,...

Law Center Students, Professors Help Win Supreme Court Case

By Anabel Getz April 4, 2017

Three Georgetown University Law Center students working with the GULC Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic contributed to the legal defense of students with mental and physical disabilities in a Supreme Court...

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke about her most memorable moments at an event Thursday.

Ginsburg Recalls Landmark Cases, Talks New Book

By Molly Cooke February 24, 2017

The United States should strive to be a welcoming place for both diversity and the freedom to express one’s views, argued U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at a promotional event Thursday...

PETROCHEILOS: Upholding Judicial Independence

PETROCHEILOS: Upholding Judicial Independence

By Martha Petrocheilos February 14, 2017

President Donald Trump’s 90-day travel ban calling for the “extreme vetting” of people from seven Muslim-majority countries has provoked intense reactions, rallies and protests in airports across...

LUX: Focus Efforts to Fight for Women

LUX: Focus Efforts to Fight for Women

By Emma Lux February 7, 2017

Conservative Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker wrote this weekend that “to review the left’s reaction to Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is to infer he’s the spawn of Dracula — a cruel...

Obama Solidifies Substantial Legacy

By Maya Gandhi October 28, 2016

Presidential legacy is a tricky balance of the good, the bad and the scandalous. Should we remember former president Franklin D. Roosevelt for the New Deal without recalling his policy of Japanese internment?...

A Balance of Law and Politics

By Jessica Andino September 16, 2016

Exactly six months ago, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit, to fill the vacant seat left by Justice Antonin Scalia in the Supreme...

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