ICE Hunger Strikes: Ending State Sanctioned Torture
“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.”-...
The Challenges Social Media Poses for Current Free Speech Jurisprudence
Free speech jurisprudence is complicated, and rarely are there easy answers in this space. But social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter present especially difficult challenges. They have unquestionably cemented themselves as the primary modes of...
Free Speech: A Fundamental Right…But Not When Advocating for Palestinian Human Rights?
Beginning in October 2017, in order to receive aid to rebuild after Hurricane Harvey, residents of Dickinson, Texas were required to verify that they would not boycott Israel. The city of Dickinson’s application form for hurricane repair funding included the following...
It’s Abortion Providers, Not CPCs, Whose Free Speech Rights Are Being Violated
The Supreme Court is about to hear an anti-choice challenge to a California law regulating sham “crisis pregnancy centers,” clinics that pose as women’s health centers to prevent people from seeking abortions. But maybe anti-choice challengers should be careful what...
Closing In: Judges and Voters Challenge Rick Scott’s Tailored Electorate
In Florida, the end of your incarceration can be the beginning of a life-long sentence. That’s because Florida is one of four states that does not automatically restore civil rights (most prominently, voting rights) to people who were convicted of felonies but have...
In Masterpiece v. Colorado, Justice Gorsuch argues there is no principled way, on First Amendment grounds, to distinguish refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding versus refusing to make a cake with anti-LGBT words and symbols.
I argue that this conclusion is mistaken. https://t.co/TF7zhkuYIo
Thoughtful piece co-authored by Alisha Jarwala, an alum of @relmanlaw. Breaking new ground. Watch out for this new generation of civil rights warriors! https://t.co/11pghTAtJu
This is an excellent piece about an important problem that too few people know about. Well worth the read. https://t.co/QCXdqajl50
Chronic nuisance ordinances evict people for being people of color, survivors, disabled, or some combination of all three. That’s why Alisha and I argue that they violate the Fair Housing Act, the ADA, and the Constitution. You can read it for free here: https://t.co/pNpZlTU1KS
Predictably, nuisance ordinances impact people of color — for example, @NYCLU found they were enforced almost 5x as much in the parts of the city with the most people of color. @just_shelter found that CNOs were enforced 2.5x as often in predominantly black parts of Milwaukee.