{"id":10856,"date":"2018-02-19T16:37:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T21:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=10856"},"modified":"2018-09-16T14:24:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T18:24:15","slug":"this-week-in-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties-february-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/this-week-in-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties-february-19\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: February 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

This week the Fourth Circuit found Travel Ban 3.0 unconstitutional, the Senate failed to reach consensus on DACA, Justice Ginsburg spoke on topics from the #MeToo movement to voting rights, and legislation reducing mandatory minimums for nonviolent drug offenders moved forward in the Senate.<\/p>\n

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Appeals court says Trump\u2019s latest travel ban violates the law \u2014 again<\/strong>: In the latest round of litigation over the President\u2019s attempts to limit immigration from certain Muslim majority countries, the Fourth Circuit has again found unconstitutional \u201canti-Muslim bias.\u201d (Washington Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Senate Rejects Immigration Plans, Leaving Fate of Dreamers Uncertain<\/strong>: Three different measures aimed at resolving the debate around DACA were blocked. (New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors Friday on DACA<\/strong>: The Court will consider a rare request from the Justice Department to review the opinion of a district court judge\u2014who blocked a plan to end DACA\u2014before a circuit court has ruled on it. (CNN<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Opens Up About #MeToo, Voting Rights, and Millennials<\/strong>: The Atlantic posted a transcript of a wide-ranging conversation between Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center and Justice Ginsburg. (The Atlantic<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Court Issues New Congressional Map<\/strong>: The new district boundaries were drawn after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declared the old map unconstitutionally partisan and will be in place for the May 15 primary. (NBC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

ICE Lawyer Charged With Stealing Immigrants\u2019 Identities<\/strong>: ICE chief counsel, Raphael A. Sanchez, allegedly stole the identities of seven people who were in immigration proceedings. (New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Rights group sues to block Ohio Down syndrome abortion ban<\/strong>: The ACLU filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Ohio, challenging the state\u2019s ban as unconstitutional. (Reuters<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Prison sentencing bill advances over Sessions objections<\/strong>: The legislation, which was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, is designed to reduce mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses. (The Hill<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Senate Leaders Reconsider Ban on Pell Grants for Prisoners<\/strong>: In a bipartisan move, the Senate may reinstate eligibility for the incarcerated\u2014stripped away in a 1994 crime bill\u2014in its reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. (New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

U.S judge weighs challenge to federal marijuana prohibition<\/strong>: Plaintiffs argue before the Southern District of New York that Congress\u2019s classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug lacks a rational basis. (Reuters<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Despite court directive, Alabama still segregates seriously mentally ill prisoners<\/strong>: A federal judge ordered the Alabama Department of Corrections to immediately move 21 prisoners with \u201cserious mental illness\u201d out of solitary confinement. (Southern Poverty Law Center<\/a>)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jess King Becomes the Second Congressional Candidate Nationwide Whose Campaign Workers Have Unionized<\/strong>: The campaign workers supporting Democrat Randy Bryce in Wisconsin were the first to unionize. (The Intercept<\/a>)<\/p>\n

New Health Secretary Faces First Test as Idaho Skirts Federal Law<\/strong>: Critics say the state\u2019s new healthcare plan allows insurers to discriminate on the basis of preexisting conditions, in violation of the ACA. (New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

House passes changes to Americans With Disabilities Act over activists\u2019 objections<\/strong>: Critics warn that the bill will remove incentives for businesses to comply with the ADA. (Washington Post)<\/a><\/p>\n

Nine organizations sue Trump administration for ending grants to teen pregnancy programs<\/strong>: Four separate lawsuits have been filed arguing that the grants were wrongfully terminated. (Washington Post)<\/a><\/p>\n

Massachusetts top court rejects police traffic stop challenge: <\/strong>The Supreme Judicial Court unanimously upheld the use of traffic stops as pretext for investigating other crimes, under the state\u2019s constitution. (Reuters<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Judges Say Throw Out the Map. Lawmakers Say Throw Out the Judges<\/strong>: Legislators in Pennsylvania, Iowa, and North Carolina have floated measures to restrain judges who have delivered unfavorable decisions on issues such as gerrymandering and gun control. (New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

State and local election infrastructure vulnerable to attacks ahead of midterm elections, Democrats warn in new report<\/strong>: The Report issued by the Democratic Congressional Task Force on Election Security identifies risks to U.S. election systems. (ABC<\/a>)<\/p>\n

U.S. Climate Change Litigation in the Age of Trump: Year One \u2013 A New Sabin Center Working Paper<\/strong>: The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School has released a new working paper which tracks climate change litigation over the past year. (Climate Law Blog<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Here Are the Places that Struggle to Meet the Rules on Safe Drinking Water<\/strong>: A new study finds that between 3 and 10 percent of the nation\u2019s drinking water systems fail to meet minimum standards set by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. (New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.\u00a0 This week the Fourth Circuit found Travel Ban 3.0 unconstitutional, 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