by saraharmstrong | Mar 1, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on Arizona’s “ballot harvesting” law, a federal judge in Texas rules the pandemic moratorium on evictions is unconstitutional, the House passes the Equality Act,...
by Ethan Lowens | Feb 22, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Covid-19 in Prisons and Jails Prisons and jails remain hotspots for Covid-19 transmission. A top medical journal recommends that states prioritize incarcerated persons’ access to lifesaving Covid-19 treatments. (The Lancet) States have taken different approaches to...
by Katharine Bohrs | Feb 19, 2021 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation
Photo credit: Shay Horse/Nurphoto/Getty Images Last week, Congress voted to acquit former president Donald Trump of inciting the capitol insurrection, under the impeachment articles brought against him. Given that impeachment is the process of removing a president...
by Ava Cilia | Feb 17, 2021 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Education & Youth, Policing and Law Enforcement, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice
Photo credit: The Imprint This past summer, the broadest protests in U.S. history erupted in response to the murders of Black people, like Tony McDade, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, at the hands of law enforcement. Calls to defund the police and reinvest those...
by saraharmstrong | Feb 15, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, the Supreme Court stays an execution in Alabama, President Trump is acquitted in the Senate, President Biden announces plans to close Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, and hate crimes against Asian...
by Katharine Bohrs | Feb 8, 2021 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, the Biden Administration continues a string of immigration reform efforts; the Senate approves a budget resolution including a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package; Republican lawmakers in states...