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Volume 58 Editorial Board Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2023-08-03 ewallace
Volume 58 Editors-in-Chief Michael Blank (Solicited Content) Mattie Haag (Student Writing) Samantha Neal (Outside Articles) Jordan Rogers (Operations) Executive Managing Editors for Outside Articles Peter Carzis Leonard Giarrano Geoffrey McGee Chris Pappavaselio Executive Managing Editor for Student Writing Jessica Graham Executive Managing Editors for Solicited Content Virginia Thomas Liz Walsh
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Supreme Court Provides a Win for Students with Disabilities in Perez v. Sturgis Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2023-04-14 Ali Gentry
The Supreme Court recently delivered an important victory for students with disabilities in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, providing an additional avenue of redress when school districts violate the right to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) established by the Individuals with Disabilities Education At (IDEA). The Court clarified that students with disabilities seeking […]
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Vol. 58, No. 1, Winter 2023 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Harvard CR-CL
Read about surveillance and the expansion of the carceral state, affirmative action, transgender justice, student debt, and more in Vol. 58, No. 1.
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Examining Disability Rights Issues and the Constitutional Concerns Surrounding Death with Dignity Laws Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2023-04-05 gcawdrey
Death with dignity laws, also known as medical aid-in-dying laws or physician-assisted dying laws, allow terminally ill patients to request and receive medication to end their lives peacefully and with dignity. Currently, ten states and the District of Columbia have death with dignity laws on the books. Supporters of death with dignity laws argue that […]
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Barred: Why the Innocent Can’t Get Out of Prison (Book Review by Justin Marceau) Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2023-02-10 saraharmstrong
Within the last decade I had an informal meeting with a judge at a local restaurant. We talked about mutual friends, made some mentorship plans, and talked about my ongoing research. Just as I was preparing to leave, the judge blurted out, “there is one more thing I wanted to talk about.” The one more […]
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A Reform and Revolution to Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2023-01-31 rdalessandro
The Fourth Amendment guarantees our right “to be secure in [our] persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures” U.S. Const. Amend. IV. Unfortunately, due to the Supreme Court’s narrowing of Fourth amendment protections, today police can reach into your life and violate your privacy without triggering the Fourth Amendment. The threshold for […]
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Vol. 57, No. 2, Fall 2022 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Harvard CR-CL
Read about environmental justice, artificial intelligence, children's rights, and more in the latest edition of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-11-21 mwright
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. The Respect for Marriage Act moves forward in the Senate, Florida’s “Stop W.O.K.E. Act” is halted, DOJ opens a disability rights case, and more. The U.S. Senate advanced the Respect for Marriage Act. The Act would protect marriage equality, but it notably does not codify […]
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Talevski: Supreme Court Reconsiders Private Enforcement of Public Benefit Programs Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-11-17 Ali Gentry
On November 8th, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County v. Talevski. The central issue in this case is whether 42 U.S.C. § 1983 provides beneficiaries of federally funded programs with a private cause of action against states to secure rights enacted by Congress pursuant to the […]
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Ames Final Round – November 10, 2022 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-11-10 emiller
Welcome to CR-CL’s Ames Live Blog! Tonight is the the Ames Finals! The Ames Competition is one of the most prestigious competitions for appellate brief writing and advocacy in the country. The students participating in the Final Round started the competition in the fall of their 2L year and rose to the final two spots […]
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-11-07 mwright
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. A high-profile challenge to race-conscious affirmative action was heard by the Supreme Court, voter intimidation was blocked in Arizona, New York City settled a wrongful conviction suit, and more. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the fate of race-conscious affirmative action. On Monday, Students […]
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-10-31 mwright
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. A long-held but never charged Guantanamo detainee was released, a new lawsuit targets armed groups stationed near ballot drop boxes in Arizona, abortion services restarted in Arizona, and more. The U.S. government released a prisoner who was held at Guantanamo Bay for 20 years without […]
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Taking Liberties Episode 18: Hate Crime Prosecution & Anti-Asian Crimes Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-10-24 ltang
On this episode, the Vol. 58 podcast team spoke with Professor Jeannine Bell of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Manjusha Kulkarni of the AAPI Equity Alliance, and Jason Wu of the Legal Aid Society about hate crime prosecution and its application in anti-Asian crimes in the last two years.
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Vol. 57, No. 1, Summer 2022 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-09-20 Harvard CR-CL
Read about incarcerated labor, social movements, urban narratives, mandatory voting, and more in Vol. 57, No. 1.
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-04-25 mwright
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. The Supreme Court allows Congress to discriminate against Puerto Rican Americans in providing access to federal social programs, the ACLU announces two major settlements, the Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts highly partisan legislative maps that entrench Republican power for a decade, and more.
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Austin Powell
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. As the nation reflects on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historical confirmation to the Supreme Court, many states are ramping up book banning efforts and attempting to pass more anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ laws. Additionally, the Supreme Court considers weighing in on the length of solitary confinement as a form of punishment.
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Title 42: An Indiscriminate Tool to Discriminate Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-04-15 jrodriguez
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that it will lift enforcement of Title 42 on May 23, 2022. The policy, which has been in effect since March 20, 2020, allowed Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents to turn away asylum seekers at the Southern border for fear that they could introduce […]
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Taking Liberties Episode 17: Get to Know the Vol. 58 Podcast Team Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-04-04 ltang
On this episode the Volume 58 podcast team introduces themselves and asks Harvard Law School students what civil rights and civil liberties they care about. Tell us your thoughts at this feedback form! Subscribe to the podcast and follow the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review on Twitter and Instagram!
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-04-04 mwright
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. State legislatures target abortion and transgender rights, the federal government indicts anti-abortion activists for conspiracy, a jury finds Denver police used excessive force during George Floyd protests, and more.
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Congress Reauthorizes the Violence Against Women Act, Adds More Protections Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-03-24 mwright
In mid-March, Congress reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, and President Biden signed it into law on March 16. Despite the Act’s potential vulnerability to the Supreme Court, that the Act reinstates protections for survivors of intimate partner violence demonstrates its necessity and public support, even in the United States’ polarized
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-03-21 jrodriguez
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. State legislatures across the country continued their attacks on the LGBTQ community, President Biden reauthorized a major piece of legislation, and the Supreme Court prepared itself to hear arguments on a case which could affect voting rights in North Carolina. Just across the street from […]
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Ames Semi-Final Round – March 9, 2022 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-03-09 emiller
Welcome to CR-CL’s Ames Live Blog! Tonight is the second night of the Ames Semi-Finals! The Ames Competition is one of the most prestigious competitions for appellate brief writing and advocacy in the country. The students participating in the Semi-Final Round started the competition in the fall of this year and rose to the final […]
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Ames Semi-Final Round – March 8, 2022 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-03-08 saraharmstrong
Welcome to CR-CL’s Ames Live Blog! Tonight is night one of the Ames Semi-Finals! The Ames Competition is one of the most prestigious competitions for appellate brief writing and advocacy in the country. The students participating in the Semi-Final Round started the competition in fall of this year, and rose to the final four spots […]
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Volume 57 Editorial Board Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-02-03 saraharmstrong
Volume 57 Editors-in-Chief Amy Frieder Sararose Gaines Billy Roberts Natassia Velez Executive Managing Editors for Outside Articles Zoe Ginsberg Anna Sherman-Weiss Beshoy Shokralla Executive Managing Editor for Student Writing Thomas Freeman Executive Managing Editors for Solicited Content Grace Bennett Kimberly Quick Executive Editors for Online Content Sarah Armstrong Stacey Menjivar Executive Editor
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-01-24 Christina Coleburn
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 interference also broke. The Supreme Court allowed Texas’ 6-week abortion law to stand in the […]
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Extending the Franchise for “Americans in Waiting”: Municipal Voting Rights for Noncitizens Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2022-01-05 Stacey Menjivar
By Guest Contributor Fatoumata Waggeh* My mother exercised her right to vote in 2009, exactly twenty years after immigrating from The Gambia to the Bronx, New York. It would take my father an additional five years to vote – a privilege he so eagerly awaited given his love for politics and inherent belief in American democracy, […]
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-12-06 saraharmstrong
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, experts weigh in on the future of Roe in the Supreme Court, New York City mandates vaccines for private companies, two election workers who were targeted for defamation by right-wing media sue, and more.
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Roe May Be the First Domino to Fall in the Series of Fundamental Rights Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-12-02 Christina Coleburn
Photo Credit: AP The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a case that legal observers predict will be the nail in Roe v. Wade’s gradually hollowed coffin. A majority of justices seemed poised to rule for the plaintiff-appellees in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which concerns a Mississippi law that would […]
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-11-29 Kate Strickland
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, three white men were found guilty in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on pre-viability prohibitions to elective abortion, a Texas Appeals Court affirms the ban on Texas Governor’s ban on mask mandates, and more. Three white men […]
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The Danger of Flirtations with First Amendment Violations Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-11-18 Christina Coleburn
Photo Credit: Zimmytws/iStock, via Getty Images Plus Respect for the Constitution used to be a basic qualification for elected officials. These days, some voters are giddy about campaign promises that would blatantly defy it. More troublingly, some politicians and candidates are ready and willing to give those people want they want — provided that they […]
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DOJ Sues Uber for ADA Violations Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-11-17 Fran Swanson
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Uber, alleging that the ridesharing company violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by charging fees to passengers who, because of their disabilities, take more time to enter a car. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the […]
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Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review FAQs Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-11-17 Harvard CR-CL
by Jordan Rogers, Adam Aguirre, Amy Frieder, Sararose Gaines What does “CR-CL” mean? The acronym “CR-CL” is shorthand for Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. What type of articles do CR-CL publish? The Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (CR-CL) is the nation’s leading progressive law journal. Founded in 1966 as an instrument […]
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-11-15 Kate Strickland
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments upon whether Puerto Ricans should be constitutionally entitled to federal benefit programs, the California Supreme Court will decide whether a law prohibiting eldercare workers from misgendering transgender residents violates free speech protections, the US Department of Justice launched a historic
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Ames Moot Court Final Round – November 16, 2021 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-11-16 Stacey Menjivar
Welcome to CR-CL’s Live Blog of the Ames Moot Court Finals! Please scroll down for the live blog. We’ll start blogging shortly before 7:30 pm on November 16, 2021. The Ames Competition is one of the most prestigious competitions for appellate brief writing and advocacy in the country. Students participating in the Final Round started […]
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Pretrial Transformation and Abolition Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-11-11 Molly Crane
Carceral pretrial approaches lack evidence of effectiveness—in fact, research identifies that commonplace strategies such as money bail, detention, and even mandatory drug testing hamper pretrial success. In addition, these strategies are racially discriminatory while also contributing to harmful collateral consequences for individuals and communities. As jurisdictions across the country are beginning
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-11-08 Olivia Lechtenberger
Photo credit: Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press. Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, lawsuits continue over Biden’s vaccine mandate, the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery continues, backlash arises against the University of Florida over free speech concerns, and more. The chief law enforcement officials for the states of Ohio, Tennessee, […]
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Two Challenges to Texas Abortion Law Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-11-04 Fran Swanson
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument on two challenges to S.B. 8, the Texas law that effectively bans all abortions six weeks after a pregnant person’s missed period. The law went into effect on September 1st, after the Supreme Court declined to vacate the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the district court’s grant of […]
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Remote Work as a Reasonable Accommodation: Implications from the COVID-19 Pandemic Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-11-04 Kate Strickland
In Moncrief v. ISS Facility Services, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) argues that ISS Facility Services’ denial of an employee’s reasonable accommodation request to work remotely part-time violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Filed on September 7, 2021, Moncrief marks the EEOC’s first ever lawsuit claiming an employer violated the ADA by failing to provide accommodations
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Molly Crane
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, civil rights hero Claudette Colvin seeks expungement for resisting segregation laws, immigration authorities announced they would “limit” arrests at protected areas, two officers were indicted for murder for shooting Jamarion Robinson 76 times, two people were executed and experienced severe suffering during the process, passports
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-10-25 saraharmstrong
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, activists support Ahmaud Arbery’s family as the jury selection continues in the trial of his alleged killers, the Supreme Court fast tracks a hearing on Texas’s abortion law, Howard University students protest housing conditions, and more. Dr. Rachel Levine makes history as the […]
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Vol. 56, No. 2, Summer 2021 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-10-20 Harvard CR-CL
Read about what happens when police act as lawmakers, a child’s constitutional right to family integrity, and more in Volume 56, No. 2.
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Participatory Defense: What It Is and Why It Deserves Our Attention Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-10-20 Ava Cilia
For decades now, directly impacted communities, organizers, public defenders, academics, and others have sounded the alarm on the crisis of mass incarceration in the United States and its devastating effects on people of color and low-income communities, particularly in Black communities. Countless reforms aimed at protecting the rights of the accused and shrinking the size […]
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Alternatives to Incarceration: A Focus on Drug Courts Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Olivia Lechtenberger
Alternatives to incarceration, which entail any form of punishment except jail or prison time, have been a large (and necessary) element of criminal justice reform. Focusing on rehabilitating and treating offenders through diversionary programs such as drug and mental health courts, intermediary housing options, community service, etc., can benefit the community in a multitude of […]
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-10-18 Molly Crane
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, indigenous activists marched to the White House to demand action on climate change, California will begin requiring free menstrual products in public schools, workers are striking across the country for fair pay and access to rights, redistricting maps in Texas decrease the voting power of people of color, Julius Jones is now on “death
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Understanding the ADA Challenge to Texas’s Ban on School Mask Requirements Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-10-14 Fran Swanson
In E.T. v. Abbott, Disability Rights Texas argues that Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s ban on public schools enforcing masking requirements violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The plaintiffs are Texas public school children under the age of twelve (and thus too young to be vaccinated) with disabilities that make them particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 […]
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-10-11 Stacey Menjivar
By Molly Crane ’23 Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, challenges to ICWA and indigenous sovereignty remain before the Supreme Court to consider certiorari, the new Texas abortion law was temporarily blocked only for this injunction to be subsequently stayed, body camera footage was released depicting police in Minnesota […]
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The Impact of COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons Across America Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-10-07 Olivia Lechtenberger
Over the past 18 months, as the world has been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, those detained in jails, prisons, and detention centers have been severely impacted due to lack of physical distancing, proper sanitation methods, and the failure to prioritize testing and vaccinations. Common conditions in jails and prisons have never been conducive to […]
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-10-04 Fran Swanson
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. President Biden announced a new slate of judicial nominees, several justices are in the news after criticizing the media and public perception of the Court, SCOTUS has added new cases to its merits docket, and the Justice Department filed a statement of interest in support […]
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Hemphill v. New York: Supreme Court to Confront a Question on the Confrontation Clause Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-10-01 saraharmstrong
Next week, the Supreme Court’s October Term begins, with cases ranging from state water lines to state secrets. One of the cases, being argued on October 12, 2021, is Hemphill v. New York, which asks the Court to decide whether a criminal defendant who opens the door to responsive evidence also forfeits his right to […]
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-09-27 Ava Cilia
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, Americans face the country’s history of inhumane treatment of Black immigrants, calls for investigation into conditions in New York City jails, and more. Last week, inhumane photos and videos of Border Patrol agents on horseback chasing, grabbing, and whipping Haitan asylum seekers shocked […]
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A Tale of Two Fultons Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-06-18 Samantha Neal
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 discriminating against same-sex couples. On one read, Fulton is decidedly narrow and preserves a path forward […]
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Barak-Corren Online Appendix Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-05-03 Harvard CR-CL
Barak-Corren Online Appendix final
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This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-04-12 saraharmstrong
Welcome to This Week in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. This week, President Biden forms a panel to study Supreme Court reform, Maryland establishes a multitude of police reform measures, and California’s COVID-19 related restrictions are once again struck down by the Supreme Court.
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Historic New York State Legislation Shows Us What is Possible When Elected Officials Listen to Organizers and Directed-Impacted Communities Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Ava Cilia
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 the use of solitary confinement in state prisons and […]
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Ames Semi-Final Round – April 13, 2021 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-04-13 saraharmstrong
Welcome to CR-CL’s Ames Live Blog!
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Over Zoom and In-Person, Prosecution is Criminally Inefficient Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-04-16 Ethan Lowens
In the good ol’ days before the pandemic, what may have felt like efficiency in the criminal legal system was really just the whirring machinery of the New Jim Crow. We should care about the efficiency of the criminal legal system. But we must define it appropriately. Does each hour and dollar we invest in it do all that it can to repair harm, help individuals thrive, and build strong communities?
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Ames Semi-Final Round – April 14, 2021 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-04-14 saraharmstrong
Welcome to CR-CL’s Ames Live Blog! Tonight is night two of the Ames Semi-Finals!
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Maryland Becomes First State to Repeal its Police Bill of Rights Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-04-22 Katharine Bohrs
This month, Maryland became the first state to repeal its statutory police bill of rights, thereby reducing the special protections police officers had previously received in the event that one of them was facing criminal prosecution. For those who are highlighting the harrowing statistic that Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict on Tuesday made him just the […]
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Vol. 56, No. 1, Spring 2021 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-04-25 awolfson
Read about the legacy of Justice Ginsburg, family separation, reverse redlining, and more in Vol. 56, No. 1.
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Taking Liberties Episode 16: Nina Perales on Latinx Civil Rights Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Pub Date : 2021-04-26 Samantha Neal
On this episode, editor Laura Garcia speaks with Nina Perales, the Vice President of Litigation at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). They discuss her work as an impact litigator at MALDEF, gerrymandering and voting rights, civil rights issues facing the LatinX community more broadly, and more. Subscribe to the podcast and […]