ACS Issue Briefs
See below all issue briefs since January 2017. Click here for past issue briefs.
To Save and Not to Destroy: Severability, Judicial Restraint, and the Affordable Care Act
"When a statute is partially unconstitutional, courts must endeavor to save, not destroy, the rest of the law,” explains David Gans, Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program at the Constitutional Accountability Center in a new ACS issue brief.
Read MoreNo Exit: Understanding Employee Non-Competes and Identifying Best Practices to Limit Their Overuse
Evidence suggests that in the past decade employers’ use of non-compete agreements to restrict where and when departing employees can work has been far broader than is necessary or legally permissible, with research showing that two in five workers, or 40 percent of the U.S. labor force, are bound by a non-compete at some point in their careers.
Read MoreRacial Exclusion Through Crime-Free Housing Ordinances
Housing policy in the United States has created and preserved racial segregation and exclusion, from explicit Jim Crow-era racial zoning laws and racially restrictive covenants to the facially neutral yet racially biased policies of exclusionary zoning and redlining that arose in the 20th century.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court & Abortion Access for Women Living in Poverty
June Medical Services v. Gee is one of two abortion rights cases that the Supreme Court is considering reviewing this Term. These cases give the Court the opportunity to reaffirm precedent and to demonstrate that people living in poverty can still count on the courts to vindicate their constitutional right to abortion access.
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