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19 Oct 2020, 7:16 am by Ronald Newman
 Criminal Justice ReformThis summer police accountability and other criminal justice reforms were thrust front and center. [read post]
8 Oct 2020, 2:28 pm by Vishnu Kannan
These excerpts are organized both thematically and chronologically. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 9:05 pm by Max Masuda-Farkas
The principles include protecting the rights of people who use drugs, providing support for those who faced criminalization under prior marijuana laws, and investing in inclusive, equitable, and sustainable cultivation, trade, and usage of marijuana. [read post]
19 Aug 2020, 1:43 pm by Chad Marlow
The answer is found in the Community Control Over Police Surveillance (CCOPS) effort, which the ACLU and 17 other national organizations launched in 2016, and whose laws currently protect 13.9 million residents in 14 U.S. jurisdictions. [read post]
18 Aug 2020, 1:40 pm by Jessica Ayoub
“Savit ran on eliminating cash bail, ending coercive plea bargaining, focusing on rehabilitation and reintegration for people who’ve completed criminal sentences, and moving away from a ‘jail-first’ mentality by prioritizing diversion and treating mental health, trauma, and addiction outside of the criminal system,” The Intercept reported.The National ACLU and several of its state affiliates, including Michigan, have been deeply committed to these reforms.As a… [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Chris Christie Cashes in On Coronavirus Lobbying Politico – Theodoric Meyer and Adam Cancryn | Published: 7/23/2020 Former New Jersey Gov. [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
With infection rates exploding in several states, some elected officials, state party leaders, and rank-and-file members of the Democratic National Committee are skeptical about the proposed idea of “mini-conventions” across the nation – regional satellite sites for delegates and party leaders, particularly in battleground states. [read post]
3 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Prosecutors said that in 2017, Abramoff agreed to seek changes in federal law and met with members of Congress on behalf of the marijuana industry without registering as a lobbyist. [read post]
26 Jun 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Winner on Election Day in November? [read post]
5 Jun 2020, 8:22 am by Anthony D. Romero
The original sin of policing in this nation is its attachment to the nation’s first and most devastating sin: chattel slavery. [read post]
15 May 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Richard Burr Dumped Stock, So Did His Brother-in-Law. [read post]
5 May 2020, 1:26 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Later, after Manley was Chief, a national podcast reported on her ouster, revealing that Austin PD had improperly closed numerous rape cases as "exceptionally cleared. [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 12:00 am by Yona M
Early this year, the New York chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws and several other plaintiffs brought suit against the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Services. [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The rally was planned by Urban Revitalization Coalition, a 501(c)3 charitable organization. [read post]
24 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Campaign Finance Rule Makes Life Much Harder for Working-Class Challengers The Intercept – Rachel Cohen | Published: 1/16/2020 Though some organizations have been started over the last few years to help working-class candidates more effectively compete, the path to victory can still be difficult for those who cannot afford to dedicate all their time to campaigning. [read post]
25 Dec 2019, 9:06 pm by Series of Essays
Barsky The prevalence of military sexual trauma leads Yale Law School’s Michael Wishnie to call for veterans’ law reform in a recent paper. [read post]
15 Nov 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Lawyers representing Trump argued Congress had no legitimate legislative authority to seek his business records because the panel seeking them, the House Oversight and Reform Committee, was primarily trying to determine whether he broke existing laws, not weighing whether to enact a new one. [read post]
18 Oct 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal After Arrest of Giuliani Associates, FEC Chair Says Commission Struggling to Enforce Rules The Hill – Justin Wise | Published: 10/14/2019 FEC Chairperson Ellen Weintraub lamented the agency’s inability to enforce campaign finance law, saying in an interview there “may well be a lot of money that is slipping into our system that we just don’t know about. [read post]
4 Oct 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
She published the digest piecemeal, with 57 tweets in all, including the foreign national prohibitions memo – all while calling out the commissioner who Weintraub said sought to block it from being widely publicized online. [read post]