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 | Nov 15, 2019 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Voting and Elections Rights
Connecticut is one of close to forty states that utilizes prison gerrymandering in its state legislative districting: the practice of counting prisoners as residents of the district in which they are incarcerated instead of the district of their pre-incarceration...
by | Nov 7, 2019 | Amicus, Voting and Elections Rights
Politics has long wrestled with the intersection of wealth and democracy. While campaign finance reform traditionally has focused on other entities, the role of nonprofit entities has received comparatively less scrutiny. In light of today’s settlement against the...
by | Oct 30, 2019 | Criminal Justice, Voting and Elections Rights
Steve Phalen is thirty-six years old, but because of an arson conviction in 2005, he hasn’t voted since he was in college. Phalen lives in Florida – a place where, until recently, felony convictions permanently disenfranchised citizens unless their rights were...
by | Oct 10, 2019 | Amicus, Executive Branch, Voting and Elections Rights
Last month, dramatic legislative maneuvering over redistricting in North Carolina in response to a court order once again brought scrutiny to the state’s lawmakers. But the partisan rancor over redistricting and power is hardly a new phenomenon. After Democratic...
by | Oct 2, 2019 | Amicus, Congress, Executive Branch, Voting and Elections Rights
The tides are turning on impeachment. On September 20. 2019, news broke that President Trump pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden’s son. This probe could impede Biden’s performance should he face Trump in the 2020 election. On...
