Rejecting the Myth of Amateurism Beyond NCAA v. Alston
Photo Credit: Associated Press The 2021 edition of March Madness, the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament, is set to break a new record: Advertising revenue for the tournament is the highest it has ever been, surpassing...
The Daily Abuses of Constitutional Policing
Photo Credit: Boston Globe If a police officer approaches you and asks to talk even when you’ve done nothing wrong, can you refuse? While much in the public conscience tells us the answer must be an emphatic yes, a recent Fourth Circuit case demonstrates that the...
The Zoom-to-Prison Pipeline
Two months into virtual schooling, it appears the school-to-prison pipeline has rebranded as the Zoom-to-prison pipeline. Take Isaiah Elliot as an example. Elliot is a 12-year old Black boy with disabilities from Colorado who made national headlines last month after...
A Colorblind Test For a Racialized System
Photo Credit: Truthout On January 9, 2017, a 17-year old Black kid named Tykorie Evelyn was walking on the sidewalk when a police car pulled up beside him and police began asking him questions. Evelyn continued walking while giving short responses to the officers. The...
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threatening to sanction attorneys for bringing voting rights claims is necessary to enforce the voting rights act.
ALSO THESE CLAIMS DID NOT BORDER ON THE FRIVOLOUS JUST BC YOU DISAGREE WITH THEM https://twitter.com/gabrielmalor/status/1431316701224841216
11th Cir. holds that requiring voters who choose to vote by mail to provide their own postage stamp is not a poll tax.
Note: "Plaintiffs' claims border on the frivolous. At this time, however, we are not imposing sanctions." https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202013414.pdf
Many of my cases are just regular life disputes between family. Siblings fighting, moms mad at kids, parents arguing. Normal things we’d never see as criminal if it weren’t in criminal court, but someone got mad, called 911, didn’t know the long term ramifications + now we here
On one read, Fulton is decidedly narrow; on another, it represents a subtle but worrisome expansion of religious liberty at the expense of other fundamental rights. Read below! https://harvardcrcl.org/a-tale-of-two-fultons/ https://twitter.com/HarvardCRCL/status/1406982603094335492
New on the Amicus Blog: @samjuneneal examines the Supreme Court's limited decision in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, and what it means for both the future of free exercise principles and LGBTQ rights https://harvardcrcl.org/a-tale-of-two-fultons/