{"id":10845,"date":"2018-02-12T19:50:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T00:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=10845"},"modified":"2018-02-12T20:41:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T01:41:47","slug":"this-week-in-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties-february-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/this-week-in-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties-february-12\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: February 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to\u00a0This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

This week, Pennsylvania Republicans resist the state Supreme Court’s order to redraw district maps, labor advocates organize in preparation for oral arguments in\u00a0Janus vs. AFSCME<\/span>, and data-driven remedies to bias in the criminal justice system face scrutiny.<\/p>\n

Immigration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mentors Under Siege: California\u2019s DACA Teachers: <\/b>\u201cOf California\u2019s roughly 223,000 DACA recipients, an estimated 5,000 are working teachers, according to the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington think tank.\u201d (<\/span>Capital & Main<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Criminal System<\/b><\/p>\n

Cory Booker Wants DOJ to Probe Discrimination in Setting of Prison Sentences.<\/b> In 2014 the Department of Justice requested a report on the potential for bias to surface in algorithmic risk assessment tools for anything from setting bail to prison terms, but the U.S. Sentencing Commission has yet to deliver. (<\/span>Observer<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Big data may be reinforcing racial bias in the criminal justice system.<\/b> Data-driven tools are often touted to remove human bias from the system, but any data that could show this is scant and often inaccessible. (<\/span>The Washington Post<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Privacy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo Algorithms ID White Men Fine\u2014Black Women, Not So Much.<\/b> Studies have found that IBM and Microsoft\u2019s Facial-analysis services are less accurate for people with dark skin, leading to concerns of bias as the technology sees broad use, including by the FBI. (<\/span>Wired<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Why cops won\u2019t need a warrant to pull the data off your autonomous car.<\/b> Law enforcement could have unprecedented access to personal information as autonomous cars continue to become more common and interconnected. (<\/span>Ars Technica<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Labor and Economic Justice<\/b><\/p>\n

What Amazon Does to Poor Cities.<\/b> Amazon often builds its warehouses in low-income neighborhoods\u2013 imposing overwhelming working conditions and offering low pay in return for desperately-needed jobs. (<\/span>The Atlantic<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Teamsters withdraw demands banning UPS use of drones, autonomous vehicles.<\/b> The unexpected move comes after UPS began shifting its delivery methods away from UPS Teamsters and towards new employees making deliveries using their personal vehicles. (<\/span>DC Velocity<\/span><\/a>) <\/span><\/p>\n

What Can Uber Teach Us About the Gender Pay Gap?<\/b> Contrary to hopes that the gig economy would help eliminate the gender pay gap through its flexibility, male Uber drivers still make more money than female drivers, possibly pointing to the impact of societal norms and obligations in general. (<\/span>Freakonomics<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Minimum wage protesters hit streets of Detroit, demand $15\/hour and civil rights.<\/b> Fast food workers in Detroit and across America walked out of their jobs today, joining activists from groups like the Poor People’s Campaign to demonstrate in support of a living wage. (<\/span>Detroit Free Press<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Thousands to rally in \u2018Working People\u2019s Day of Action\u2019 before Supreme Court clash over unions. <\/b>Workers\u2019 rights organizations and an array of groups concerned with social justice will be mobilizing rallies in support of organized labor on Feb. 24, two days before the Supreme court hears Janus vs. AFSCME and 50 years after the 1968 sanitation workers\u2019 strike in Memphis. (<\/span>NY Daily News<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Medicaid Work Requirements Will Reduce Low-Income Families’ Access to Care and Worsen Health Outcomes.<\/b> These coverage losses will also likely make it more difficult for many people to find or keep a job, according to a new report from the <\/span>Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

LGBTQ Equality<\/strong><\/p>\n

New tool helps LGBT community parse local non-discrimination housing laws.<\/b> Real estate site Trulia introduced a tool that lists the protections available to LGBT people at the city, county, or state level for a given property, and they hope to expand this tool to other protected groups in the future. (<\/span>Curbed<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Civil Rights and Gender Equality<\/strong><\/p>\n

#MeToo will have staying power, Ruth Bader Ginsburg insists.<\/b> \u201cJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg believes the “#MeToo” movement will have “staying power,” and she doesn’t worry about a serious backlash.\u201d (<\/span>CNN<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Harvey Weinstein, His Brother And Their Company Hit With Civil Rights Lawsuit.<\/b> “As alleged in our complaint, The Weinstein Company repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination,” New York’s attorney general Eric Schneiderman said in a statement. (<\/span>NPR<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Civil rights director argues proposed employment legislation could burden employers.<\/b> The Wisconsin legislature\u2019s bills would prohibit the city of Madison from enforcing its existing equal opportunities ordinance as it relates to employment, according to the city\u2019s Civil Rights Director. (<\/span>The Cap Times<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

The trauma trap: what’s causing inequalities in emergency care?<\/b> \u201cCompared to white patients with injuries of similar severity, black and Hispanic patients were found to have 20% and 50% greater likelihoods of death respectively.\u201d (<\/span>The Guardian<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Net Neutrality<\/strong><\/p>\n

ISPs must follow net neutrality in New Jersey, governor declares.<\/b> A new executive order prohibits ISPs from blocking or throttling traffic if they sell broadband to state agencies. But will it survive a preemption challenge? (<\/span>Ars Technica<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Voting Rights<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ohio Lawmakers Actually Reach A Bipartisan Deal To Try To Stop Gerrymandering.<\/b> Ohio lawmakers reached a bipartisan deal to reform their redistricting process, such as by requiring support from members of the minority party and reducing the map\u2019s lifespan from ten years to four. (<\/span>The Huffington Post<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Judiciary<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘We’d Like to See America Right of Center.’ Mitch McConnell Explains His Strategy on Judges.<\/b> \u201cThe impact that this Administration could have on the courts is the most long-lasting impact we could have,\u201d McConnell said. (<\/span>Time<\/span><\/a>) <\/span><\/p>\n

Republicans are using long-forbidden tactics to chip away at judicial independence. \u201c<\/b>Pennsylvania Republicans enjoy a two-thirds supermajority in the state senate, enough to remove a justice. If the state supreme court holds defiant GOP leaders in contempt, Republicans can retaliate with impeachment.\u201d (<\/span>ThinkProgress<\/span><\/a>) <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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