by Felipe Hernandez | May 17, 2019 | Amicus, Congress, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Executive Branch, Immigration, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights, Voting and Elections Rights
Photo credit: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters. In late April 2019, the Supreme Court heard oral argument for the Department of Commerce v. New York, 139 S.Ct. 1316 (2019), a case which asks whether the Secretary of Commerce’s decision to add a question to the Decennial...
by Felipe Hernandez | Mar 5, 2019 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Executive Branch, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Immigration, National Security, Policing and Law Enforcement, Racial Justice
“In the absence of the governmental checks and balances… the only effective restraint upon executive policy and power… may be in an enlightened citizenry—in an informed and critical public opinion which alone can…protect the values of democratic government.”-...
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by Felipe Hernandez | 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 Felipe Hernandez | Oct 9, 2018 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Steven Palmer co-authored this week’s round-up with Felipe Hernandez This week the Senate nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court with a 50-48 vote amidst large scale protests across the country,...
