This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: November 12, 2018
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, Democrats took control of the House in high-stakes […]
Ames Moot Court Final Round – November 13, 2018
Welcome to CR-CL’s Live Blog of the Ames Moot Court Finals! Please scroll down for the live blog. We’ll start
Marsy’s Law: Harmful to Defendants
The 2018 midterms saw the passage in several states of Marsy’s Law: a law that elevates the “rights” of victims
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: 2018 Midterm Election Results
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: 2018 Midterm Election Results Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and
The Challenges Social Media Poses for Current Free Speech Jurisprudence
Free speech jurisprudence is complicated, and rarely are there easy answers in this space. But social media platforms such as
10 Angry Men: How Voters can Change Louisiana’s Non-Unanimous Jury Law
By maintaining an outdated, segregation-era law designed by White supremacists, Louisiana remains an outlier in its application of the Sixth Amendment.
The Fate of Private Disparate Impact Housing Claims in the Trump Era
In 2015, The Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive
Equal Sovereignty Five Years After Shelby County
In June of 2013, Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder held Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to
On the Ballot in 2018: Slavery
Amendment A: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution that prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: October 29
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Regina Powers co-authored this week’s round-up with Mingming Feng.
A Lawsuit in Hartford, Connecticut Seeks to Undermine the State’s Landmark Desegregation Case
The Harvard admissions trial isn’t the only place where impact litigators are working to undermine affirmative action and school desegregation