by Skye | Feb 26, 2017 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Education & Youth, Legal History, Policing and Law Enforcement
Last week a New York jury found Pedro Hernandez guilty of the murder of Etan Patz, the six-year-old boy who disappeared from his SoHo neighborhood almost forty years ago. The name “Etan Patz” might only ring a distant bell for Millennials, but mention the case to...
by Graham Carney | Nov 11, 2016 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Executive Branch, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Immigration, Legal History, Legislation, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality, Voting and Elections Rights
Newton’s Third Law states “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Perhaps this principle applies equally to social progress and the enlargement of freedom, inclusion, and equality in the United States of America. Our history is littered with...
