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Plaintiffs Lack Standing in Suit to Order National Archivist to Publish Equal Rights Amendment, Holds First Circuit

In Equal Means Equal v. Ferriero, No. 20-1802 (1st Cir. June 29, 2021), the First Circuit holds that two orgnaizations and an individual citizen lacked an “injury” for standing in a lawsuit to order the National Archives to record the Equal Rights Amendment as “the duly ratified 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.” “The plaintiffsContinue reading “Plaintiffs Lack Standing in Suit to Order National Archivist to Publish Equal Rights Amendment, Holds First Circuit”

“Indicia of Membership” Test Does Not Apply to Traditional Voluntary Membership Organization to Assess Associational Standing, Holds First Circuit

In Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard, No. 19-2005 (1st Cir. Nov. 12, 2020), the First Circuit – in an opinion upholding Harvard College’s admissions policy against a civil rights challenge – addresses the associational standing of the organization that brought the lawsuit. Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (“SFFA”) filed suitContinue reading ““Indicia of Membership” Test Does Not Apply to Traditional Voluntary Membership Organization to Assess Associational Standing, Holds First Circuit”