![Dismantling the Presumption of [White] Innocence](https://journals.law.harvard.edu/crcl/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2018/10/laquan.jpg)
by yxiang | Oct 10, 2018 | Amicus, Policing and Law Enforcement, Racial Justice, Sex Equality
In her speech supporting Kavanaugh’s nomination, Senator Susan Collins’s support turned on “[his] presumption of innocence, and fairness.” While Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez, and Julie Swetnick were not afforded any semblance of a fair hearing or...
by cmorgan | Apr 12, 2018 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Education & Youth, Poverty and Economic Justice, Privacy and Technology, Racial Justice, Sex Equality
Criminal Legal System Our unemployment rate fails to account for mass incarceration. Mass incarceration disproportionately affects black communities. Unemployment data fails to account for this, which makes the disparity between black and white men in employment...
by mmorris | Apr 10, 2018 | Amicus, Labor and Employment, Poverty and Economic Justice, Sex Equality
Today, April 10, is Equal Pay Day, the date symbolizing how far into the year the average woman in the United States must work to earn what the average man earned in the previous year. Ironically, just days before last year’s Equal Pay Day, President Trump decimated...
by bchen | Mar 2, 2018 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Legal History, LGBTQ Rights, Sex Equality
In a win for LGBTQ rights, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decided Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc. on February 26, ruling that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation. This decision is the latest...
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...
by JLPP | Nov 9, 2016 | Amicus, Congress, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Executive Branch, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Immigration, Labor and Employment, LGBTQ Rights, National Security, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality, Voting and Elections Rights
Last night, Donald Trump won the presidential election. Hillary Clinton is likely to win the popular vote, bringing back painful memories of the 2000 election. While this offers a small degree of comfort, it doesn’t change the facts: she lost the Electoral College....
