The Impact of COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons Across America
Over the past 18 months, as the world has been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, those detained in jails, prisons, and detention centers have been severely impacted due to lack of physical distancing, proper sanitation methods, and the failure to prioritize testing...
A Tale of Two Fultons
The Supreme Court on Thursday weighed in on the continuing tension between religious freedom and LGBT equality in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, holding unanimously that a Philadelphia anti-discrimination law does not bar a Catholic foster care agency from...
Taking Liberties Episode 16: Nina Perales on Latinx Civil Rights
On this episode, editor Laura Garcia speaks with Nina Perales, the Vice President of Litigation at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). They discuss her work as an impact litigator at MALDEF, gerrymandering and voting rights, civil rights...Taking Liberties Episode 15: Prof. Spencer H. Boyer on the Founding of CR-CL
On this episode, Vol. 56 Editor-in-Chief Armani Madison speaks with Professor Spencer H. Boyer, the founder of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and a professor at Howard Law School. They talk about what motivated him to found a civil rights journal,...
Pretrial Detention Has Become Exponentially More Deadly in the Pandemic
Pretrial detention, or keeping a person accused of a crime in jail until their trial, is a common practice throughout the United States. Though the system is portrayed as a way to protect public safety and ensure people show up for their trials, most often it instead...
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Prof. David S. Cohen (@dsc250) of @drexelkline writes about a “pernicious” and under-discussed provision in #SB8, Texas's anti-abortion law.
https://harvardlpr.com/2021/10/03/sb8s-unnoticed-sword-of-damocles-provision/
Today on the Amicus Blog @sarahbelle6 highlights one of the upcoming cases in the October SCOTUS term, Hemphill v. New York: https://harvardcrcl.org/hemphill-v-new-york-supreme-court-to-confront-a-question-on-the-confrontation-clause/
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