This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Photo credit: Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press. Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, lawsuits continue […]
Remote Work as a Reasonable Accommodation: Implications from the COVID-19 Pandemic
In Moncrief v. ISS Facility Services, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) argues that ISS Facility Services’ denial of an employee’s reasonable accommodation request to work remotely part-time violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Filed on September 7, 2021, Moncrief marks the EEOC’s first ever lawsuit claiming an employer violated the ADA by failing to provide accommodations related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Two Challenges to Texas Abortion Law
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument on two challenges to S.B. 8, the Texas law that effectively bans
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, civil rights hero Claudette Colvin seeks expungement for resisting segregation laws, immigration authorities announced they would “limit” arrests at protected areas, two officers were indicted for murder for shooting Jamarion Robinson 76 times, two people were executed and experienced severe suffering during the process, passports will now reflect more gender identities, and more.
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, activists support Ahmaud Arbery’s family as the jury
Alternatives to Incarceration: A Focus on Drug Courts
Alternatives to incarceration, which entail any form of punishment except jail or prison time, have been a large (and necessary)
Participatory Defense: What It Is and Why It Deserves Our Attention
For decades now, directly impacted communities, organizers, public defenders, academics, and others have sounded the alarm on the crisis of
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, indigenous activists marched to the White House to demand action on climate change, California will begin requiring free menstrual products in public schools, workers are striking across the country for fair pay and access to rights, redistricting maps in Texas decrease the voting power of people of color, Julius Jones is now on “death watch,” and more.
Understanding the ADA Challenge to Texas’s Ban on School Mask Requirements
In E.T. v. Abbott, Disability Rights Texas argues that Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s ban on public schools enforcing masking requirements
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
By Molly Crane ’23 Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, challenges to ICWA and
The Impact of COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons Across America
Over the past 18 months, as the world has been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, those detained in jails, prisons,