by | Apr 1, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Environmental Justice, Executive Branch, National Security, Poverty and Economic Justice, Voting and Elections Rights
Photo Credit: Nick Youngson – Alpha Stock Images Two days ago – in the midst of a global pandemic – George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley, claiming that federal authority in disasters is newer and weaker than many believe, criticized some state...
by | Apr 25, 2019 | Amicus, Congress, Environmental Justice, Executive Branch, Guest Author, Immigration, National Security
Guest post by Victoria Ochoa. Victoria is a 1L at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Victoria is a Harry S. Truman Scholar, and was a Schedule C Presidential Appointee in the Obama Administration, where she worked as an assistant in the Secretary of Commerce’s...
by | Mar 5, 2019 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Executive Branch, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Immigration, National Security, Policing and Law Enforcement, Racial Justice
“In the absence of the governmental checks and balances… the only effective restraint upon executive policy and power… may be in an enlightened citizenry—in an informed and critical public opinion which alone can…protect the values of democratic government.”-...
by rmaguire | Apr 24, 2018 | Amicus, Environmental Justice, Guest Author, Human Rights, Immigration, National Security
Guest post by Rosa Baum, a first year student in a four-year dual degree program, pursing a JD and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School. She is originally from Boulder, Colorado. She focuses on the intersection of law and...
by pvanderslice | Dec 8, 2017 | Amicus, National Security, Policing and Law Enforcement, Privacy and Technology
As our nation around the world struggle with the threat of terrorist attacks and violence from both foreign and domestic sources, we will be forced to engage with the ever-present tension between security and civil liberties. In a 2001 article in the Atlantic,...
by Skye | Oct 30, 2017 | Amicus, Immigration, National Security, Privacy and Technology
Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) granted Massachusetts a one-year extension for coming into compliance with the REAL ID Act, a law that requires state-issued identification cards to meet certain standards in order to be recognized by the...
