April 1, 2020
One week ago, immigrants’ rights groups filed an emergency motion seeking the release of noncitizens nationwide who are detained and vulnerable to the disease. Lawyers in the Justice Department’s Office of Immigration Litigation responded by complaining that they did not receive seven days’ notice of the motion and asking that a hearing be set no…
March 31, 2020
On March 4, 2020, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo, one of the most contentious cases on its current docket. June Medical is an appeal from a Fifth Circuit decision upholding a Louisiana law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. The Fifth…
March 27, 2020
Not since 1918 has the United States faced the kind of wide-scale public health crisis that Americans face today. The novel coronavirus pandemic of 2020 jeopardizes multiple millions of Americans’ lives, especially the elderly and immunocompromised. It also stands to cripple the American economy with the real prospect of the nation plunging into a depression….
March 25, 2020
Like any workplace, the federal judiciary is vulnerable to instances of sexual harassment and abuse. Clerks, in particular, are vulnerable to such treatment. The relationship between a clerk and a judge is one that requires secrecy and loyalty, and carries with it an immense power imbalance. These factors, coupled with the fact that the judiciary’s…
March 2, 2020
In 2018, Florida voters ratified Amendment 4, a state ballot initiative granting the right to vote to most formerly incarcerated people in the state “upon completion of all terms of sentence.” Initially, many thought the amendment would re-enfranchise more citizens than any law passed in at least the last 50 — and possibly the last…
March 2, 2020
In 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued new guidance to states announcing the agency’s support for efforts to incorporate work requirements into state Medicaid plans. Kentucky and Arkansas soon took up the agency’s offer and both submitted proposals that included…
Eric H. Holder, Jr. serves as Chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Mr. Holder is an internationally recognized leader on a broad range of legal issues and a staunch…
Dr. Mary Anne Franks is a professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law, where she teaches First Amendment law, Second Amendment law, criminal law and procedure,…
Sam Wang is a professor of neuroscience and molecular biology at Princeton University. He is also a faculty associate of the Program in Law and Public Affairs. An alumnus of…
