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..... on (1) a senate report citation to a bureau of labor statistics survey revealing disparities in private-sector provision of parenting leave to men and women; (2) submissions from two sources at a hearing on the parental and medical leave act of 1986, a predecessor bill to the fmla, that public-sector parental leave polices diffe[r] little from private-sector policies; (3) evidence that 15 states provided women up to one year of extended maternity leave, while only 4 states provided ..... the reasons stated by the court, and mindful of congress objective in enacting the americans with disabilities act the elimination or reduction of physical and social structures that impede people with some present, past, or perceived impairments from contributing, according to their talents, to our nation s social, economic, and civic life i join ..... the act specifically provides: a state shall not be immune under the eleventh amendment to the constitution of the united states from an action in federal or state court of competent jurisdiction for a violation of this ..... after the appeal had been briefed and argued, the court of appeals for the sixth circuit entered an order holding the case in abeyance pending our decision in board of ..... the court conducted a preliminary hearing in the first-floor ..... (1976), we held that congress can abrogate a state s sovereign immunity when it does so pursuant to a valid exercise of its power under 5 of the fourteenth amendment to enforce the ..... ( .....
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..... (and judge-empowering) understanding of the role article iii standing plays in preserving our system of separated powers has been repudiated: to permit a complainant who has no concrete injury to require a court to rule on important constitutional issues in the abstract would create the potential for abuse of the judicial process, distort the role of the judiciary in its relationship to the executive and the legislature and open the judiciary to an arguable charge of ..... of standing requirements is directly related to the expansion of judicial power, and lowering the taxpayer standing bar to permit challenges of purely executive actions would significantly alter the allocation of power at the national level, with a shift away from ..... , 382 (2004) (noting that separation-of-powers considerations should inform a court of appeals evaluation of a mandamus petition involving the president or the vice president and that mandamus standards are broad enough to prevent a lower court from interfering with a coequal branch s ability ..... ] indeed, the flast taxpayer-plaintiff s constitutional claim was premised on the contention that if the government s actions were within the authority and intent of the act, the act is to that ..... in addition, recipient agencies were required to ensure that library resources, textbooks, and other instructional materials funded through the grants be provided on an equitable basis for the use of children and teachers in private elementary and secondary ..... chapter ..... board ..... 1976 .....
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..... convinced, however, that an extraordinary circumstance not present in any past case is operative here, impelling the conclusion that the 1985 act was never in force or effect : the act was challenged in state court at first opportunity, the lone election was held in the shadow of that legal challenge, and the act was ultimately invalidated by the alabama supreme court. ..... extraordinary circumstance not present in any past case is operative here, impelling the conclusion that the 1985 act was never in force or effect : the act was challenged in state court at first opportunity, the lone election was held in the shadow of that legal challenge, and the act was ultimately invalidated by the alabama supreme court. ..... , 820 821 (1942), that the decisions of the board of registrars are presumptively regular and valid and the burden is on the one who would attack the order to show error. ..... [ footnote 5 ] the alabama constitution provided for judicial review of contested registrar decisions, see 186 (1901), but that review provision was rendered all but useless by the alabama supreme court s adoption of both a strong presumption that the board of registrars decisions were valid and stringent ..... , mississippi began modifying its registration practices in an attempt to comply with the national voter registration act of 1993, 107 stat. 77, 42 u. s. c. ..... yadlosky, library of congress legislative reference service, state literacy tests as qualifications for voting 19 ..... chapter ..... 742 743 (1976). ..... 141 (1976). .....
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