by Christina Coleburn | Jan 24, 2022 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice, Executive Branch, Legislation, Voting and Elections Rights, Weekly News Roundup
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Blockbuster cases came to the Supreme Court this week involving campaign finance laws, the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, sentencing reductions, and more. Major news about potential criminal charges for election...
by Samantha Neal | Jun 18, 2021 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise, Human Rights, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights
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...
by Ava Cilia | Apr 8, 2021 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Legislation, Policing and Law Enforcement, Racial Justice
On the morning of March 31st, New York, home to the city once considered to be the marijuana arrest capital of the world, became the 15th state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Just hours later, the Governor signed into law an act dramatically limiting...
by Ava Cilia | Mar 25, 2021 | Amicus, Legislation, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Sex Equality
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended households across the country and exacerbated long-existing income inequalities. As has been well documented, not all have felt the effects of the pandemic and its corresponding economic crisis the same. Women, caregivers, and...
by Katharine Bohrs | Mar 3, 2021 | Amicus, Congress, Legislation
Photo Credit: Cecil Stoughton/Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum In the month leading up to the 2020 presidential election, the United States House of Representatives passed the Equity and Inclusion Enforcement Act (H.R. 2574), which would amend Title VI of the 1964...
by Annamarie Forestiere | Sep 23, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Criminal Justice, Executive Branch, Human Rights, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights, Policing and Law Enforcement, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Sex Equality
Photo by noah eleazar on Unsplash The Problem: America’s Treatment of Black Trans Women Violence against Black trans women has been accurately described as “a pandemic within a pandemic.” This summer, six Black trans women, all under the age of 32, were murdered in...
