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Check Out Latest Respect Issue

Check Out Latest Respect Issue

Respect’s fall 2025 issue features articles on reverse discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court special education rulings, and an update on abortion laws three years after the Court’s Dobbs decision.  A PDF of Respect’s fall 2025 edition can be downloaded or...
Abortion Rights Three Years After Dobbs

Abortion Rights Three Years After Dobbs

by Robin Roenker The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization stripped away constitutional protections for abortion, a medical procedure to intentionally end a pregnancy. The Dobbs decision overturned the Court’s ruling...
Drawing Racial Lines

Drawing Racial Lines

Gerrymandering—the manipulation of boundaries in congressional districts to favor one political party over another—has been around since the early 1800s. The courts have been somewhat hesitant to declare partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional. Racial gerrymandering,...