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This 2014 essay discussed the issue of same-sex marriage in the context of judicial review principles. Although the U.S. Supreme Court held that same-sex marriage was a constitutional right in 2015, the reflections in the paper on... more
We systematically gather and analyze the 45th president’s public discourse to formally describe his narrative about unauthorized immigrants. We definitely demonstrate that he publicly articulates racist statements about immigrants and... more
The principle and ideal developed in Brown v. Board of Education and its successor cases lie at the heart of the rationale for affirmative action in higher education. The principle of the school desegregation cases is that racial... more
Modern Fourteenth Amendment doctrine is difficult to square with constitutional text. The text of the Equal Protection Clause, for example, makes no distinction between racial classifications and other discriminatory practices; it... more
The main aim of the article is to reconstruct the essence and distinctive features of the principle of non-discrimination in the European law, jurisprudence and legal doctrine. In turn, the main research problem lies in the fact that the... more
As equal protection law develops, the Supreme Court’s concept of race moves from sociocultural/sociohistorical to biological. Concurrently, (1) the academic concept of race moves in the opposite direction, (2) the Court’s understanding of... more
Certificate of attendance of the V. Tagung für Praktische Philosophie, held at the Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Unipark, 16 & 17 November 2017. I gave two talks at the Tagung. The title of the first talk, held on 16 November 2017, was:... more
Intervista all'Avv. Pietro Insolera a cura di Francesco d'Errico (presidente associazione Extrema Ratio) Il fenomeno della police brutality, l'estensione eccessiva della qualified immunity dei pubblici ufficiali per le azioni commesse... more
Why affirmative action in academia is hurting those its supposed to help, how the Court contradicts itself in upholding its use in academic decisions, why reverse discrimination and discrimination are not distinguishable, discrimination... more
Equal protection must prohibit arbitrary governmental classifications or differentiation. The Supreme Court is a unique authority because of its power to create constitutional law and because of its symbolic position in this society as a... more