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Category Archives: Current Events
Rethinking Death Penalty Reform: The Case Against Death-qualified Juries
By Anonymous Associate Editor Since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty through Gregg in 1976, racial bias has continued to pervade its administration.[1] 34.5% of defendants executed have been Black and 55.6% have been white,[2] despite the fact that … Continue reading
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Tagged capital punishment, criminal justice reform, death penalty, Gregg v. Georgia, jury selection
Trump’s Travel Ban: Is There a Way Out?
By Rita Samaan Associate Editor, Vol. 22 In the wake of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to block President Trump’s Executive Order 13769 (“Executive Order”), the President vowed to issue “a new executive action . . . that … Continue reading
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Tagged Christians, Church in Need, due process, executive order, genocide, global responsibility, House of Representatives recognizes ISIS genocide, immigration, immigration policy, international responsibility, ISIS, ISIS and religious genocide, Minnesota, Muslim Americans, Muslim ban, muslims, Ninth Circuit, President Trump, refugees, revised ban, Revised Executive Order, revised Muslim ban, Section 5(b), TRO, U.S. and the world, victims of genocide, washington, Washington v. Trump, Yazidis
The Continuing Significance of the Non-Unanimous Jury Verdict and the Plantation Prison
By Madeleine Jennings Associate Editor, Vol. 22 In 1934, Oregon voters amended their Constitution to allow for non-unanimous jury verdicts in all non-first degree murder and non-capital cases.[1] The Louisiana Constitution requires unanimity only in capital cases.[2] Grounded in xenophobia and … Continue reading
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Tagged America's Bloodiest Prison, Angola, Angola prison, Apodaca v. Oregon, Burl Cain, convict leasing, criminal justice system, criminal law, daiquiris, distorted history, history, hold-outs, Innocence Project of New Orleans, Johnson v. Louisiana, juries, jury hold-outs, Louisiana, Louisiana constitution, Louisiana State Penitentiary, misunderstanding history, New Orleans, non-unanimous juries, plantation prison, right to jury, Sixth Amendment, state constitution, the Angola, Warden Cain, wrongful conviction
Imposition of Identity: Trump’s Immigration Order and the Racialization of Islam
By Asma Husain Associate Editor, Vol. 22 On January 27 of this year, newly-inaugurated President Trump issued an executive order temporarily immigration from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen pending a report from the Department of Homeland Security, to … Continue reading
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Tagged "Muslim terrorist", anti-Asian, anti-Muslim sentiment, Chinese Exclusion Act, counterterrorism, enemy combatants, executive order, identity, immigration, immigration order, immigration policy, imposition of identity, islam, Japanese, Japanese internment, legal ban, Muslim Americans, Muslim as race, Muslim ban, Muslim identity, muslims, Orientalism, othering, President Trump, racialization of Islam, religion, religious discrimination, Rudy Giuliani, September 11
Supreme Court Considers Limits of Racial Gerrymandering
By Marcus Baldori Associate Editor, Vol. 22 In the coming months, the Supreme Court is expected to clarify its stance on the legal boundaries of racial gerrymandering. In December 2016 the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State … Continue reading
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Tagged Bethune-Hill v. Virginia, Bethune-Hill v. Virginia State Board of Elections, equal protection, Equal Protection Clause, gerrymandering, majority-minority districts, Mobile v. Bolden, oral arguments, racial gerrymandering, redistricting, scotus, Section 2 VRA, strict scrutiny, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, Virginia, voter packing, voting rights, Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Enforcement in the Trump Era
By Ali Boyd Associate Editor, Vol. 22 Online Publications Editor, Vol. 23 In the wake of President Trump’s recent inauguration, millions of people across the world came out in protest of his rhetoric and policy agenda.[1] The day after the inauguration, the Women’s … Continue reading
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Tagged ADA, administration's civil rights agenda, civil rights, civil rights agenda, Civil Rights Division, civil rights enforcement, Department of Justice, DOJ, DOJ Civil Rights Division under Trump, DOJ under Trump, DOMA, John Gore, John M. Gore, LGBT rights, LGBTQ rights, North Caroline bathroom bill, President George W. Bush, President Trump, protest, race discrimination, Republican Party and voting rights, Sally Yates, voting rights, Voting Rights Act, VRA, widespread protest, Women's March
Deterrence and Democracy: Election Law After Preclearance
By Asma Husain Associate Editor, Vol. 22 In 2013, Chief Justice Roberts delivered the Court’s opinion in Shelby County v. Holder, which struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act. Considered the crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2006 Voting Rights Act reauthorization, election law, elections, Justice Ginsburg dissent, Justice Roberts majority, minority vote suppression, modern Voting Rights Act, polling place closure, polling places, preclearance formula, race-based voter suppression, Shelby v. Holder, throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm, voter ID, voter ID laws, voter suppression, voting rights, Voting Rights Act, voting rights litigation
Betsy DeVos, School Choice, and the Resegregation of American Public Schools
By Laura Page Associate Editor, Vol. 22 The Senate confirmation hearing of Betsy DeVos, the President’s nominee for Secretary of Education, was one of the most contentious and heated in recent history.[1] Critics contend that the billionaire Republican donor has no … Continue reading
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Tagged Betsy DeVos, Brown v. Board of Education, charter schools, class segregation, constrained choice, diversity, education, equal opportunity, Eve Ewing, free-market school choice, freedom-of-choice, Government Accountability Office, inequality, private school vouchers, private schools, public schools, race segregation, school choice, schools, Secretary of Education, segregation, Senate confirmation hearing, UCLA Civil Rights Project
Presidential Election 2016: Why Democrats’ Frustration with Shelby County May Be Misdirected
By Ali Boyd Associate Editor, Vol. 22 In the midst of a nationwide battle for civil rights, President Lyndon B. Johnson called on Congress to create one of the most expansive protections of voting rights ever seen. The result, the Voting … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, 2016 election, Brennan Center for Justice, coverage formula, Democrats, early voting, electoral votes, Jim Sensenbrenner, minorities, minority voters, modern Voting Rights Act, polling place closure, polling places, presidential election, restrictions on voting, Section 4(b) of the VRA, Shelby County v. Holder, Shelby v. Holder, updated coverage formula, voter ID, voter suppression, voting restrictions, voting rights, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2015, voting rights litigation
