Moving Forward: One Year Later
This week marks one year since Donald Trump won the presidential election. The next day, I wrote a reflection piece […]
Corporations Profit as Prisoners Remain Isolated from Loved Ones
How long does a typical phone conversation take you? Five minutes? What about with a parent or grandparent who you
Face ID and the Fifth Amendment: Gaps in the Legal Protection of Cell Phone Passcodes
Despite your right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment, the type of passcode you use can actually determine whether the information contained on your cell phone is protected.
Victory Without a Remedy: Update on the Long Fight Against DAPL
In November 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon handed down an extraordinary decision in a
The Uncertain Weight of Probable Cause in Retaliatory-Arrest Claims
On December 4, 2014, two photographers found themselves in the custody of the New York Police Department. Both were arrested while documenting a protest in Times Square over the decision not to indict the police officer responsible for Eric Garner’s death.
REAL Consequences: How Massachusetts’s Stricter Than Necessary Drivers’ License Policy Hurts Undocumented Residents
Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) granted Massachusetts a one-year extension for coming into compliance with the
Supreme Court Death Penalty Jurisprudence and an Ardent Call for Abolition
Death has been knocking on the Supreme Court’s door for years. But like a homeowner dismissing away an unsolicited salesman,
A “Disturbing Trend” in Qualified Immunity Doctrine
By looking to see whether Salazar-Limon denied reaching for his waistband, the Court implicitly accepted Thompson’s account of the encounter as true, or at least, more credible than Salazar-Limon’s. Doing so, Justice Sotomayor noted, adds to “the increased frequency of incidents in which [police allege that] unarmed men . . . reach empty waistbands when facing armed officers.” Once again, she noted, the Court had accepted officer Thompson’s arguably implausible testimony as implicitly more credible than that of the actual unarmed citizen.
Electronic Monitoring: Punishment and Liberty in the Age of GPS
Sam,[1] who I met last summer, was a teenager on probation. He sported an electronic monitor strapped around his ankle
New Anti-LGBT law goes into effect in Mississippi
Earlier this month, Mississippi’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, the Religious Liberty Accommodations Act[1], went into effect. Enacted following the landmark Obergefell
Marijuana Legalization and the Future of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
On the night of February 3, 2015, Kevin McKnight was driving around in his pickup truck when the police stopped