{"id":11876,"date":"2019-10-07T15:34:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T19:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=11876"},"modified":"2019-10-08T13:06:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T17:06:00","slug":"this-week-in-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties-october-7-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/this-week-in-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties-october-7-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: October 7, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This week, the Supreme Court kicks off its fall term with a question of discrimination against transgender people, the Trump administration continues to target immigrants, and police officer Amber Guyger is found guilty of murdering her neighbor.<\/p>\n

Trump denies entry to immigrants who cannot afford to pay for health care. <\/strong>The Trump Administration has issued a proclamation that requires all immigrants to the US to have health insurance. The rule takes effect on November 3rd, and requires any immigrants that cannot prove that they have health insurance to at least demonstrate that they have enough money to pay \u201creasonably foreseeable medical costs.\u201d (Slate<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Supreme Court begins its 2019 term with an important question: is it legal to fire someone for being gay or transgender? <\/strong>The Court will consider whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ individuals. More than 70 amicus curiae briefs were submitted to the Court, and over 200 of the nation\u2019s largest employers are supporting the workers. (Washington Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Progressive candidates for the Democratic party\u2019s nomination bring in the largest fundraising hauls of the third quarter. <\/strong>Progressive Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren topped their fellow candidates in third-quarter fundraising, raising $25.3 million and $24.6 million, respectively, from grassroots and small-dollar donors. (Vox<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is found guilty of murdering Botham Jean\u2014sentenced to 10 years in prison.<\/strong> The police officer who entered a man\u2019s apartment and killed him\u2014after allegedly thinking she had entered her own apartment\u2014was found guilty this week. She was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. (Dallas Morning News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

An inmate\u2019s bootlegged film exposes the danger and squalor of a notorious Florida prison.<\/strong> Inmate Scott Whitney, using cameras hidden in eyeglasses and his Bible, filmed brawls, synthetic drug use, mold, and other scenes from life in a Florida prison. He also filmed the state of the prison during Hurricane Irma. Whitney has been put into solitary confinement after the release of his film online. (Bradenton Herald<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court agrees to review Louisiana\u2019s stringent abortion law, in a case that could limit women\u2019s access to safe abortions. <\/strong>The Court granted cert in June v. Gee<\/em>, a case questioning whether Louisiana\u2019s hyper-restrictive abortion law unduly burden\u2019s women\u2019s access to abortion. The Louisiana law is nearly identical to the Texas law struck down in 2016\u2019s Whole Women\u2019s Health<\/em> case, and so advocates fear that the Court is signaling that it may reverse course with its new conservative majority. (Washington Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Recently-leaked audio recordings show how state legislators are taught to destroy evidence, avoid the word \u201cgerrymander,\u201d and create an appearance of bipartisanship. <\/strong>Audio recording of a closed-door panel called \u201cHow to Survive Redistricting\u201d was obtained by journalists this week. In the recording, four panelists (described as \u201cthe architects and defenders of some of the most notorious gerrymanders and voter suppression plans of this decade\u201d) give tips to Republican lawmakers on how to further cement their power via redistricting. (Slate<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Lawyer says he\u2019s now representing a 2nd whistle-blower in Trump-Ukraine case.<\/strong> Mark Zaid, one of the lawyers representing the whistle-blower whose recent bombshell disclosure was the impetus of an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, has announced that he is now representing a second whistle-blower. The second whistle-blower is an intelligence official \u201cwith firsthand knowledge of the president\u2019s interactions with Ukraine.\u201d (Boston Globe<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Senator Elizabeth Warren releases her labor reform platform. <\/strong>Analysts called the 2020 contender\u2019s plan \u201cthe most ambitious labor reform platform of the 2020 campaign.\u201d The plan \u201czeroe[s] in on all the loopholes in US labor laws that deny basic protections to millions of workers.\u201d (Vox<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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