June 29, 2022
In a “dramatic 11th-hour” move, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) granted urgent interim measures on June 14 in K.N. v. United Kingdom, staying the deportation of an Iraqi asylum-seeker. The ECHR declared that K.N. be allowed to remain in the United Kingdom until his legal challenge to the U.K.’s policy of sending asylum-seekers…
June 14, 2022
During oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court case challenging Mississippi’s attempt to prohibit pre-viability abortions, Justice Coney Barrett called the attention of counsel arguing against the Mississippi ban to so-called Safe Haven laws. Here are relevant excerpts from the Dobbs argument transcript: “I have a question about the safe haven laws. So…
April 18, 2022
The war in Ukraine presents three issues salient to the disability community: Reports of the Russian military targeting facilities where disabled people may reside or receive care; The question of care for disabled communities and persons seeking refuge; and How the law of war regards combatants with disabilities — that is, combatants who are disabled…
April 13, 2022
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) is an essential safeguard of the political equality of racial and ethnic minorities. Yet the Supreme Court has severely, and steadfastly, compromised the VRA’s effectiveness over the past decade. Through novel constitutional doctrines, strained statutory readings, and inconsistent application of procedural principles, the Court has placed the VRA’s…
March 28, 2022
A spate of illiberal legislation has recently emerged in state legislatures. A dangerous form of law with a dark past lurks among the troubling proposals: the criminalization of movement. In Missouri and Idaho, legislators have proposed draconian laws that would burden or criminalize residents who leave the state for purposes the state deems immoral. These…
March 24, 2022
Ignore the medical needs of your children or the government will take them from you. This was the message Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent to families last month when he directed the state to investigate them for child abuse for providing medically necessary care to their transgender children. In wielding the state’s vulnerable youth as…
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is a Professor at Stetson Law, a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, and the author of Political Brands.
Juliet Sorensen is the Harry R. Horrow Professor in International Law and the Director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where her interests include corruption,…
Blind from birth, Marie Hennessy has over 45 years of human services experience focused on persons with disabilities, their families, and providers. She currently works for both Massachusetts Advocates Standing…
