Gail L. Heriot

University of San Diego School of Law

5998 Alcala Park

San Diego, CA 92110-2492

United States

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Want to Be a Doctor? A Scientist? An Engineer? An Affirmative Action Leg Up May Hurt Your Chances

Engage, 2010, San Diego Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 30 Jan 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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affirmative action, race, STEM, higher education, race-preferential admissions, race discrimination, science, engineering, medical school, mismatch, college major choice, diversity

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The Department of Education's Obama-Era Initiative on Racial Disparities in School Discipline: Wrong For Students and Teachers, Wrong on the Law

Texas Review of Law & Politics, Forthcoming, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-321
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 19 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2018
Gail L. Heriot and Alison Somin
University of San Diego School of Law and Independent
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School discipline, suspension, disparate impact, Title VI, Department of Education, guidance, Dear Colleague Letter

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Misdiagnosis: A Comment on 'Illness and Injury as Contributors to Bankruptcy' and the Media Publicity Surrounding It

Texas Review of Law & Politics, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2006, San Diego Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Jan 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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bankruptcy, medical bills, health insurance

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 20-442
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Apr 2020
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Stand Your Ground, Commission On Civil Rights, Self Defense, Trayvon Martin, Civil Rights, Self Defense, Castle Doctrine, Duty To Retreat.

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A 'Dubious Expediency': How Race-Preferential Admissions Policies on Campus Hurt Minority Students

The Heritage Foundation, Special Report No. 167 (2015), San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-242
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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affirmative action, mismatch

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Report: Beyond Suspensions: Examining School Discipline Policies and Connection to School to Prison Pipeline for Students of Color with Disabilities

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 19-399, 2019
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Jul 2019
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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school discipline, race, disabilities, rates of misbehavior, civil rights, Commission on Civil Rights

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Perceptions of Newsworthiness are Contaminated by a Political Usefulness Bias

Royal Society Open Science, 2018, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-355
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Aug 2018
Hal Pashler and Gail L. Heriot
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Psychology and University of San Diego School of Law
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judgement, motivated reasoning, political psychology

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Title VII Disparate Impact Liability Makes Almost Everything Presumptively Illegal … It Gives the Federal Bureaucracy Extraordinary Discretionary Power. But What Does It Do to the Rule of Law? And Who Benefits?

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 19-421
Number of pages: 124 Posted: 08 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2020
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964, disparate impact, criminal background, EEOC, Griggs, Ricci, equal protection, due process, civil rights, employment discrimination, discretion, Civil Rights Act of 1991

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Brief of Gail Heriot and Peter N. Kirsanow, Members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in Their Capacities as Private Citizens as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner in Gloucester County School Bd. v. G.G. (Merits Stage)

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-253
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2017
Gail L. Heriot and Peter Kirsanow
University of San Diego School of Law and Independent
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Title IX, Transgender, Department of Education, Supreme Court, Gloucester County School Board v. G.G., Toilets, Locker Rooms, Showers, Sex Discrimination, Auer v. Robbins

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Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in In the Name of Hate: Examining the Federal Government's Role in Responding to Hate Crimes, a Report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 19-422
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Nov 2019
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Hate crimes, hoaxes, double jeopardy, Commission on Civil Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ report, Police Use of Force: An Examination of Modern Policing Practices

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-368
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Nov 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Law enforcement, criminal justice, police procedures, race, use of force, punishment, Ferguson effect

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Native Hawaiians, tribe, Hawaii, Indian law, equal protection, race discrimination, Commission on Civil Rights, race

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Commissioner Statement of Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Report 'Patient Dumping'

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-250
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, EMTALA, Hospitals, Charity Hospitals, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Patient Dumping, Emergency Rooms, Urgent Care

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Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Report, 'with Liberty and Justice for All: The State of Civil Rights at Immigration Detention Facilities'

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-246
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
San Diego Legal Studies RPS Submitter and Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law and University of San Diego School of Law
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immigration, immigration detention, immigration detention centers, civil rights, private prisons, commission on civil rights, maggots, government reports, detainees

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Working Backwards: How Employment Regulation Hurts Unemployed Millennials

Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 38, No. 781, 2015
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 10 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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employment law, minimum wage, internships, youth unemployment, overregulation

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Brief Amicus Curiae of Gail Heriot and Peter N. Kirsanow, Members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, in Support of Petitioner in Randy Joe Metcalf V. United States (Cert Stage)

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-352
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Jul 2018
Gail L. Heriot and Peter Kirsanow
University of San Diego School of Law and Independent
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hate crimes, 13th Amendment, Congress, badges and incidents, race, Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Report 'Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Nondiscrimination Principles with Civil Liberties'

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-249
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Free Exercise, Religious Liberty, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, First Amendment, Civil Rights, Adoption, Civil Society, LGBT Rights, Transgender

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Affirmative Action for Men?: Strange Silences and Strange Bedfellows in the Public Debate Over Discrimination Against Women in College Admissions

Engage: Volume 12, Issue 3
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 29 Dec 2016
Gail L. Heriot and Alison Somin
University of San Diego School of Law and Independent
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Affirmative action, college admissions, women, men, Title IX

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Apprenticeships: Useful Alternative, Tough to Implement

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 805
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 01 Dec 2016
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Education policy, college, employment

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Affirmative Action in American Law Schools

Journal of Contemporary Legal issues, Vol. 17, 2008, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 08-041
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Jul 2008
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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affirmative action, Commission on Civil Rights, Law Schools, Student Admissions, Diversity

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Report, 'Time for Congress to Enact Federal Legislation to Address Workplace Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans.'

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 19-376
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Feb 2019
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, employment discrimination, ENDA, Employment Non-Discrimination Act

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Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Report on Public Education Inequity in an Era of Increasing Concentration of Poverty and Resegregation

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-322
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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education finance, school finance, civil rights

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The Politics of Admissions in California

San Diego Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 09 May 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Proposition 209, affirmative action, race-preferential admissions, race, admissions, California

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The Parade of Horribles Lives: Schuette V. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 28 Dec 2016
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Schuette v. BAMN, Affirmative Action

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot on the U.S.Commission on Civil Rights Report 'Sex Trafficking: A Gender-Based Violation of Civil Rights'

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-245
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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sex trafficking, human trafficking, prostitution, sexual slavery, slavery, sex discrimination, juvenile delinquency

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Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Report on Environmental Justice: Examining the Environmental Protection Agency's Compliance and Enforcement of Title VI and Executive Order 12,898

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-247
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Environmental Justice, Environmental Racism, Title VI, EPA, Commission on Civil Rights, Coal Ash, Environmentalism, Disparate Impact, Landfill, Toxic Racism, Public Utility, Racial Minorities, Waste Disposal, Toxicology, Epidemiology, Hazardous Waste

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It’s Time for the Executive Branch to Conduct a 'Disparate Impact Inventory': Remarks at the Federalist Society's Sixth Annual Executive Branch Review, April 17, 2018, Washington, D.C.

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-347
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 May 2018 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Disparate Impact, Griggs v. Duke Power, Ricci v. DeStefano

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Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Report, Trauma at the Border: The Human Cost of Inhumane Immigration Policies

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 19-420
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Oct 2019
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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immigration, immigration detention, immigration detention centers, civil rights, private prisons, commission on civil rights, maggots, government reports, detainees

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Report, 'Assessing the Impact of Criminal Background Checks and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Conviction Records Policy'

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-251
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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EEOC, ban the box, criminal background checks, Title VII, disparate impact, ex-offenders reintegration, race discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Commission on Civil Rights, criminal records, employment discrimination

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Dissenting Statement of Commissioners Gail Heriot and Peter Kirsanow in the Report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Increasing Compliance with Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-371
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 23 Dec 2018
Gail L. Heriot and Peter Kirsanow
University of San Diego School of Law and Independent
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Election law, National Voter Registration Act, NVRA, voter registration, compromise, package deal, bipartisanship

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Dissenting Statement and Rebuttal of Commissioner Gail L. Heriot in Report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Subminimum Wages: Impact on the Civil Rights of People with Disabilities.

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 20-468
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 17 Sep 2020
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Minimum Wage, Subminimum Wage, Down syndrome, Fair Labor Standards Act, Commission On Civil Rights, Section 14(c).

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Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 20-436
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 20 Feb 2020
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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First Amendment, free expression, Title IX, sexual harassment, Commission on Civil Rights, civil right

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Report on English-Only Policies in the Workplace

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-248
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Employment Discrimination, English Only, Title VII, EEOC, National Origin, Language Discrimination, Employment Practices, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

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Statement of Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Report: Race Neutral Enforcement of the Law?: DOJ and the New Black Panther Party Litigation

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Feb 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Commission on Civil Rights, voter intimidation, New Black Panther Party, voting rights, Department of Justice, civil rights, race, Civil Rights Division, race neutrality

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Testimony of Gail Heriot Professor of Law, University of San Diego &Amp; Member, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Before the Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice July 21, 2020

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 20-459
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 22 Jul 2020
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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law enforcement, rule of law,

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Brief Amici Curiae of Gail Heriot and Peter Kirsanow in Support of Petitioners in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs V. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot and Anthony T Caso
University of San Diego School of Law and Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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EEOC, HUD, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Fair Housing Act, Title VII, Department of Housing and Urban Development, disparate impact, criminal background checks, ban the box,

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Commissioner Gail Heriot Statement and Rebuttal in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ An Assessment of Minority Voting Rights Access in the United States

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-361
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 Sep 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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voting rights, elections, preclearance, Shelby County v. Holder, disfranchisement, voter ID, felon voting.

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Dissenting Statement of Gail Heriot in the Report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-370
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Dec 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Native Hawaiians, Akaka Bill, Indian law, Native Americans, tribal law, equal protection, sovereignty, Hawaii

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Sleeping Giant?: Section Two of the Thirteenth Amendment, Hate Crimes Legislation, and Academia's Favorite New Vehicle for the Expansion of Federal Power

Engage: Volume 13, Issue 3
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 29 Dec 2016
Gail L. Heriot and Alison Somin
University of San Diego School of Law and Independent
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Hate Crimes, 13th Amendment, Congress, badges and incidents, race

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Testimony of Gail Heriot, Professor of Law, University of San Diego & Member, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Before the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Title VII, criminal background checks, ban the box, employment discrimination, ex-offender reintegration, disparate impact, Congress, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, employment discrimination, conviction records

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the Report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the Multiethnic Placement Act: Minorities in Foster Care and Adoption

Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S Commission on Civil Rights’ Report, the Multiethnic Placement Act: Minorities in Foster Care and Adoption, 2010
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 24 Jan 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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The Multiethnic Placement Act, adoption, interracial, race discrimination, cultural genocide, foster parents, foster care, Commission on Civil Rights

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Brief of Amici Curiae Gail Heriot and Peter N. Kirsanow, Members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in Their Capacities as Private Citizens, in Support of the Reversal of Appellant's Conviction in United States v. Metcalf

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-244
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 31 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot and Peter Kirsanow
University of San Diego School of Law and Independent
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hate crimes, 13th Amendment, Congress, badges and incidents, race, Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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The Equal Rights Amendment: Back for an Encore Performance?

Engage, 2008, San Diego Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 30 Jan 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Equal Rights Amendment, sex discrimination, bona fide occupational qualification

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Civil Rights: Lights, Camera, Legislation: Congress Set to Adopt Hate Crimes Bill that May Put Double Jeopardy Protections in Jeopardy

Engage: Volume 10, Issue 1
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 29 Dec 2016
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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double jeopardy, hate crimes, federal crimes

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Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Task Force on Executive Overreach

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-276
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 04 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Executive Overreach, Non-Delegation Doctrine, Administrative Procedure, Department of Education, Transgender

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The Sad Irony of Affirmative Action

The Sad Irony of Affirmative Action, National Affairs (Winter 2013)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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race, affirmative action, diversity, race-preferential admissions, race-conscious admissions, college admissions, mismatch

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Report on Targeted Fines and Fees Against Communities of Color: Civil Rights and Constitutional Implications

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-323
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Jan 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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fine, fees, municipal finance, civil rights, race discrimination, equal protection

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Testimony of Gail Heriot Professor of Law, University of San Diego & Member, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Before the Appropriations Committee of the California Assembly on ACA-5 June 2, 2020

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 20-453
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 04 Jun 2020
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Proposition 209, appropriations, ACA-5, public contracting

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Statement of Commissioners Gail Heriot and Peter N. Kirsanow in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Report on Collateral Consequences of Felony Convictions.

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 19-387, 2019
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 18 Jun 2019
Gail L. Heriot and Peter Kirsanow
University of San Diego School of Law and Independent
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, civil rights, criminal convictions, voting rights, collateral consequences, felon disfranchisement

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Strict Scrutiny, Public Opinion, and Affirmative Action on Campus: Should the Courts Find a Narrowly Tailored Solution to a Compelling Need in a Policy Most Americans Oppose?

Harvard Journal on Legislation, Vol. 40, No. 219, 2003
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Feb 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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affirmative action, strict scrutiny, college admissions, race-preferential admissions, diversity, equal protection, Grutter v. Bollinger, public opinion, race discrimination

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Are Modern Bloggers Following in the Footsteps of Publius? (And Other Musings on Blogging by Legal Scholars...)

Berkman Center for Internet & Society - Bloggership: How Blogs are Transforming Legal Scholarship Conference, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 07-50
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Statement and Rebuttal of Commissioner Gail Heriot to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Report, 'School Discipline and Disparate Impact'

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Feb 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Department of Education, School Discipline, Disparate Impact, Title VI, Office for Civil Rights, School-To-Prison Pipeline, Commission on Civil Rights, Punishment, Race Discrimination

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Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Report, Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response

Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response, September 2011, San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 18-336
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 Mar 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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bullying, cy pres, Title VI, harassment

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Brief of Amici Curiae Gail Heriot and Peter N. Kirsanow, Members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in Their Capacities as Private Citizens in Support of Petitioner in Gloucester County School Board v. G. G. (Petition Stage)

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-279
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 31 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2017
Gail L. Heriot and Peter Kirsanow
University of San Diego School of Law and Independent
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Title IX, transgenderism, transgender, sex, gender, education policy, Gloucester County School Board v. G.G.

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Brief Amicus Curiae of Gail Heriot and Peter N. Kirsanow, Members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, in Their Private Capacities, in Support of Petitioner in Shea V. Kerry

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-275
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2017
Gail L. Heriot and Peter Kirsanow
University of San Diego School of Law and Independent
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Title VII, affirmative action, federal employment, race-prefential hiring, diversity, textualism, plain meaning

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Diversity, Higher Education, Political Correctness, Trigger Warnings, Intellectual Diversity, Ideological Diversity, Conservatism, Title IX, Hate Speech Codes, Universities, Legal Education, Law Schools

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Schuette, Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Voter Initiative, Direct Democracy, Political Re-Structuring, Race, College Admissions, Local Government

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civil rights, Commission on Civil Rights, Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights Act of 1957, civil rights legislation

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ Report, Enforcing Religious Freedom in Prison

San Diego Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 24 Jan 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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religion, prisons, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, RLUIPA, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, Free Exercise, PLRA, Prison Litigation Reform Act

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Affirmative Action, Diversity, Race-Preferential Admissions, Race-Conscious Admissions, College Admissions, College Major, STEM, Science, Engineering, Mismatch

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Fisher V. University of Texas: The Court (Belatedly) Attempts to Invoke Reason and Principle

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Dec 2016
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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affirmative action, Fisher v. University of Texas (2013), college admissions, equal protections, strict scrutiny

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Statement of Commissioner Gail Heriot in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Report on Minorities in Special Education

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 01 Feb 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Special Education, Disparate Impact, Commission on Civil Rights, Racial Disproportionality, Single Parenthood, Race Discrimination

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Brief Amicus Curiae of Gail Heriot and Peter N. Kirsanow, Member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, in Support of Petitioner in Fisher V. University of Texas (Fisher II Merits Stage)

San Diego Legal Studies Paper No. 17-252
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot and Peter Kirsanow
University of San Diego School of Law and Independent
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strict scrutiny, narrow tailoring, affirmative action, college admissions, diversity.

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Testimony of Gail Heriot Member, United States Commission on Civil Rights before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on S. 909 ‘The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009’ June 25, 2009

San Diego Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 27 Jan 2018
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, Hate Crime, Bias Crime, Federalization of Crime, Double Jeopardy, Dual Sovereignty Rule

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'Aloha!' Akaka Bill

Engage Vol 7, issue 2, 2006
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 31 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2017
Gail L. Heriot
University of San Diego School of Law
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Native Hawaiians, Indian law, Hawaii, Native Americans, Akaka bill, Fifteenth Amendment, equal protection, race, ethnicity, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act