No need to rewrite an already good post. ScotusBlog provides links to all kinds of coverage of the goings-on with Justice Scalia, including his assertion that the 14th amendment does not extend to women’s right and his participation in Michelle Bachmann’s Constitution course for incoming House members. Especially considering the issues that are going to come to the Court given the division among the President, the two houses of Congress, and state officials, this type of interaction between the court and the legislature is definitely worth noting and watching.
I'm excited to announce that my latest article, Outsourcing Discrimination, is out in @HarvardCRCL . It explores racial discrimination against Black temporary workers, the problematic narratives that drive this bias, and the challenges to addressing it. https://harvardcrcl.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/55-Harv.-C.R.-C.L.-L.-Rev.-915.pdf
The lives of Black victims do not matter nearly as much as those of white ones when it comes to the death penalty, a new study finds.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/racial-gap-death-penalty.html?referringSource=articleShare
Applications are open for article submissions for CR-CL 56.2. Please submit any articles that broadly touch on civil rights and civil liberties for publication. Details can be found here: https://harvardcrcl.org/submit/
Check out our newest blog post by Christina Coleburn about confronting racism! https://harvardcrcl.org/the-ostrich-rears-its-head-americas-2020-racial-reckoning-is-a-victory-and-opportunity/
Check out the second article in our series about racism and police brutality! Olivia Murray discusses prison abolition: https://harvardcrcl.org/why-8-wont-work/