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SCOTUS Clarifies Reach of FAA Exemption for Transportation Workers

Constitutional Law Reporter

Petitioners Neal Bissonnette and Tyler Wojnarowski owned the rights to distribute Flowers products in certain parts of Connecticut. To purchase those rights, they entered into contracts with Flowers that require any disputes to be arbitrated under the FAA.

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Can Universities Offer Faculty Race-Based Benefits in Seeking Tenure?

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting controversy brewing at Central Connecticut State University where faculty are being offered funding to assist them in securing tenure. The federal and state governments have long used “set asides” or minority preferences in contracting or benefits. Yet, in 1989, in City of Richmond v.