Bostock v. Clayton County: This Summer’s LGBTQ Victory & The Challenges Ahead
By a 6-3 majority, the Supreme Court in Bostock v. Clayton County held that Title VII protects employees from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The decision consolidates three cases: two involving gay men who were fired by their...
This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. SCOTUS will consider access to medical abortions, while the 11th Circuit ok’d Florida’s pay-to-vote system for people convicted of felonies. Three studies shed light on a host of inequities facing Illinois...
PANDEMIC SHINES LIGHT ON INJUSTICES OF MASS INCARCERATION
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a deadly risk to incarcerated people and others who have contact with the criminal justice system. Over 2 million people are incarcerated in jails and prisons in the United States, with another 4.5 million supervised on probation or...
With Decision in Kahler, SCOTUS Upholds Narrowed Insanity Defense
Last Monday, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Kahler v. Kansas and upheld Kansas’s significant narrowing of the insanity defense. Justice Kagan—joined by the five conservative justices—wrote for the majority, rejecting Kahler’s claim that Kansas had...
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Today on CR-CL's Amicus Blog, @ava_cilia interrogates the racial disparities in the family regulation system: https://harvardcrcl.org/the-family-regulation-system-why-those-committed-to-racial-justice-must-interrogate-it/