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24 Barry L. Rev. 53 (2018-2019)
States as Civil Rights Actors: Assessing Advocacy Mechanisms within a State's Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches

handle is hein.journals/barry24 and id is 143 raw text is: STATES AS CIVIL RIGHTS ACTORS: ASSESSING ADVOCACY MECHANISMS WITHIN A STATE'S LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES Jennifer Safstrom * I. Introduction...............................................54 II Background................................ ....................54 III. Legislative Branch..........................................55 A. Protective Legislation .................... .................56 B. Preemption Laws...................... ..................58 IV Executive Branch........................ ...................61 A. Governor..............................................62 B. State Attorney General....................................65 C. State Agencies..........................69 V Judicial Branch............................................ 70 V Analysis ofState Capacity to Act in Furtherance of Civil Rights ................ 73 VII Conclusion................................................ 79 *Dunn Legal Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia; Georgetown Law, J.D., 2018; University of Miami, B.A., 2011. I extend my sincere appreciation to Professors David Lopez and Tanya Goldman for teaching the course that inspired this paper. Many thanks to Sarah Greenberg for her invaluable feedback. I am also grateflul for the sugges- tions provided by the attendees of the Fourth Annual Constitutional Law Scholars Forum and the insight offered by the staff of the Barry Law Review. Thank you to my famnily for their love, support, and encouragement. All views and opinions expressed herein are my own. 53

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