PANDEMIC SHINES LIGHT ON INJUSTICES OF MASS INCARCERATION
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a deadly risk to incarcerated people and others who have contact with the criminal justice system. […]
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, the COVID-19 outbreak continued to disproportionately affect some
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
A federal district judge in Wisconsin extended the deadline for voters to request and for the state to receive absentee ballots for a critical state Supreme Court election on April 7th, but stopped short of delaying the election.
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With Decision in Kahler, SCOTUS Upholds Narrowed Insanity Defense
Last Monday, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Kahler v. Kansas and upheld Kansas’s significant narrowing of the insanity
What Can Jonathan Turley’s Gross Misfire Teach Us About the Trump Administration?
Turley’s article appears to be an attempt to provide cover for an administration that was delayed and hapless in response to a crisis. Turley’s misfire should call our attention to a new conservative tactic – using a crisis that they have thus-far mismanaged to undermine the American people’s confidence in the federal government.
Unhoused People’s Right To Public Bathrooms
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought renewed attention to unhoused people’s lack of access to sanitary living conditions. The extreme dearth of shelter beds and public restrooms across the country means that unhoused people, despite being particularly vulnerable to the effects of the outbreak, have little means by which to protect themselves.
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: March 30, 2020
This week, the country mourned the passing of civil rights leader Reverend Joseph Lowery. Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic has brought
Springer Spaniels, Civil Liberties, and the Fourth Amendment
In 2018, the TSA implemented a “cute dog” policy: it would employ only cute looking dogs at airports. This seemingly innocuous policy offers a vivid example of how government can shape and collapse our right to privacy. Now is a crucial moment for the development of privacy law. It is worth understanding and thinking carefully about the tradeoffs between convenience and privacy that we are willing to accept.
COVID-19 SCHOOL CLOSURES PRESENT UNCERTAINTIES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION ENTITLEMENTS
At this point, many of us are in our second week of social distancing due to the spread of COVID-19.
Ending Bail in the Wake of Coronavirus
COVID-19 – also known as Coronavirus – is an increasing risk to public health in the United States. While universities,
Use the Rules of Criminal Procedure to Limit Prosecutors’ Power
Criminal procedure plays a large role in creating an imbalance of power between prosecutors and defendants. Changing the rules can help make the plea bargaining (and trial) process less unfair by forcing prosecutors to choose what they want to charge more carefully.