A letter from Amb. C. Boyden Gray sent to the City of Evanston, Illinois on behalf of the Project on Fair Representation was cited by the New York Times on Saturday. The article, “Reparations for Black Residents Are Becoming a Local Issue as Well as a National One” discusses a proposal for a Detroit reparations committee that will research housing…
On September 28, 2021, the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) and Boyden Gray & Associates filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on behalf of a New Hampshire resident whom the state prohibited from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine solely because of his race. Earlier this year, New…
Boyden Gray & Associates filed an amicus brief yesterday in the Supreme Court on behalf of Samaritan’s Purse in favor of the petitioner in Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission v. Matthew S. Woods, No. 21-144. The brief urges the Court to grant certiorari and hold that the First Amendment protects religious nonprofits’ right to hire those who share their faith. The…
Boyden Gray & Associates filed an amicus brief today in the Supreme Court on behalf of Reason for Life in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19-1392, which will consider whether “[w]hether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional.” The brief is available here. As we argue in the brief, the analysis in previous cases like Roe v….
Boyden Gray & Associates filed a comment yesterday on behalf of Urban Air Initiative and Consumers’ Research opposing the EPA’s proposed reinstatement of a waiver for California vehicle emission standards. The comment argues that the reinstatement of the waiver would be improper because California’s greenhouse gas emissions standards have been amended since the initial waiver was granted without EPA approval….