by sfriedman | Nov 27, 2018 | Amicus, Criminal Justice
Larry Nassar, a former doctor for the US Gymnastics team and the University of Michigan, was convicted in 2017 on multiple charges of criminal sexual conduct and child pornography. He was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison and additional time in state prison. At...
by sfriedman | Nov 14, 2018 | Amicus, Criminal Justice
For decades, there has been an ongoing debate in the scientific community about the appropriate recommended daily sodium intake. The American Heart Association currently recommends 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day for healthy people, and 1,500 milligrams for those...
by sfriedman | Oct 29, 2018 | Amicus, Uncategorized, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Regina Powers co-authored this week’s round-up with Mingming Feng. This week, a Trump supporter was charged in an attempted bombing spree, a deadly shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh is being...
by sfriedman | Oct 12, 2018 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Education & Youth, Racial Justice
On November 17th, 2014, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), an organization established and presided over by Edward Blum, filed a complaint against Harvard University in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs in Students for Fair...
by sfriedman | Apr 13, 2018 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Policing and Law Enforcement
In May of 2010, Amy Hughes stood in her backyard in Tuscon, Arizona and was shot four times by Police Cpl. Andrew Kisela. A 911 caller had reported seeing Hughes hacking at a tree with a kitchen knife in her own backyard. Three officers from the University of Arizona...