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Southern California Appellate News
ACLU enters delay fray
Today's DJ has ACLU, attorneys say fear prevents complaints about 3rd DistrictThree attorneys have filed declarations with the California Supreme Court stating delays on the 3rd District Court of Appeals harmed…
Media Law Prof Blog
Newly Published: Samantha Barbas, The Rise and Fall of Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade (University of Chicago Press) @UBSchoolofLaw
Samantha Barbas, University of Buffalo School of Law, has published The Rise and Fall of Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade (University of Chicago Press, 2021). Here from the publisher's website…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
ACLU Files Amicus Brief to Support Britney Spears
On Tuesday, the ACLU filed an amicus brief in support of Britney Spears. Spears continues to fight for her freedom from the conservatorship that has gone on for 13 years. "The…
Simple Justice
An Honest Defense of the ACLU
After Michael Powell’s scathing NYT article about the American Civil Liberties Union’s abandonment of its mission in favor of social justice, the knives came out. I’ve chronicled it for the…
Criminal
“Reckless Lawmaking: How Debt-Based Driver’s License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources”
The title of this post is the title of this new ACLU research report. Here is the start of its executive summary:There is a growing movement by advocates, organizers, and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
ACLU urging Prez Biden to "use his clemency powers to bring home 25,000 people" from federal prisons
In this post yesterday reviewing commentary on former Prez Trump's use of the clemency power, I mentioned that on this front I am always more eager to look forward than…
Criminal
ACLU urging Prez Biden to “use his clemency powers to bring home 25,000 people” from federal prisons
In this post yesterday reviewing commentary on former Prez Trump's use of the clemency power, I mentioned that on this front I am always more eager to look forward than…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Medically Vulnerable and in Prison
By rmorgan
There have been some stories about the impact COVID is having on the prison population. A news station in Denver, CO ran this story a while back, Broncos players join campaign…
The Right Coast
In Catholic adoption case, the ACLU abandons religious freedom
But now, with the ACLU s help, Philadelphia officials are trying to shut down Catholic Social Services unless it violates its religious beliefs and endorses the relationships of both same-sex…
UK Human Rights Blog
A Life’s Work: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Ruby Peacock
In a career defined as much by powerful dissenting judgments as by winning oral arguments, Ruth Bader Ginsburg blazed a trail particularly for women, but also minorities and the LGBTQI+…