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Ryan H. Nelson

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Employment Law/Discrimination & Civil Procedure Law Professor at South Texas College of Law Houston, husband, dog dad, Florida Gators fan, trivia nerd, he/him/his https://www.stcl.edu/profile/ryan-h-nelson/

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By denying trans people's court orders, Texas DPS flouts the Constitution The executive branch -- including Gov. Greg Abbot, Attorney General Ken Paxton and all of DPS -- doesn't get to choose which judicial orders it honors

I wrote about this back in August when a state agency tried to flout court orders: www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl....

14.03.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | There Is No Musk Clause in the Constitution Trump is on shaky ground when it comes to the way he has empowered perhaps the most important figure in the new administration.

Iโ€™ve got a piece in todayโ€™s @nytimes about Elon Musk as walking/talking violation of the Constitutionโ€™s appointments clause: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...

04.03.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2389    ๐Ÿ” 584    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

My new article, Queer Accommodations, is now in print! It explores the accommodations that queer workers need to do their jobs, focusing mostly on trans and non-binary workers.

www.law.georgetown.edu/gender-journ...

03.03.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œWe Are in a Constitutional Crisisโ€: Statement of Law Professors and Law Teachers [Please read, sign, and circulate to colleagues as you see fit. Letter and list of signatories will be released to media on or about February 24. Many thanks.] The undersigned are professors and teach...

Law professor friends, please consider signing on to this important letter!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

17.02.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 87    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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EEOC tells its workers to halt LGBTQ+ discrimination claim processing The news comes just days after the Trump administrationโ€™s controversial purge of Democratic officials at the commission.

The hits keep on coming www.hrdive.com/news/eeoc-te...

01.02.2025 00:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 727    ๐Ÿ” 195    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
Work Lawโ€™s Domain Abstract

Work Lawโ€™s Domain Abstract

Just posted a draft of my new article arguing that we donโ€™t really know how far work law reaches, such blindness causes significant problems, and overcoming those problems would be especially difficult: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... Feedback welcome!

29.01.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I woke up to emails many law studentsโ€™ forthcoming federal internships were revoked without notice or an opportunity to be heard. Depending on the language of their job offers, this may violate the 5th Amendmentโ€™s Due Process Clause. See Goetz v. Windsor Cent. Sch. Dist.

23.01.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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