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Teach constitutional rights, human rights and policy advocacy at Princeton University. Founding Director, Princeton Policy Advocacy Clinic. Former ACLU attorney for 20 years. Chair, International Advisory Council, Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
An estimated 1 in 3 adults in Rhode Island has an arrest or conviction record. Under proposed Clean Slate Act, approximately 77,000 Rhode Islanders could become eligible to have their records fully sealed, all part of nationwide Clean Slate movement www.cleanslateinitiative.org/updates/clea...
Mississippi said he died of a heart attack in prison. But now, the FBI is investigating the 2025 death of Melvin Cancer at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility as a homicide, and the guards as the alleged perpetrators. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/24/m...
“When Liu, 20, decided to return to skating, she did so with conditions. She’d wear what she wants. Dance to the music she wants. Eat what she wants. Take breaks when she wants…. [Skating] would be the vehicle through which she displayed the real Alysa.”
she did it! her! way!!
Associate Deputy AG Jordan Fox acknowledges violating court orders issued by NJ's federal judges more than 50 times, in stark contrast with previous statements from the Justice Department and ICE that have blamed “rogue judges” for the administration’s noncompliance www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
More than 7,000 protesters were killed over three weeks of protests in Iran last month — the vast majority of them from Jan. 8-10. Mourners plan to gather today at cemeteries where their loved ones are buried. It's infuriating that this is not getting more attention www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/w...
Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than a whopping 4,400 times, since October alone, that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Last month, 8 people died in ICE detention centers or due to deadly shootings involving ICE agents. A record number of people died in ICE custody in 2025. But 2026 is already on track to surpass that record-high. www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-dea...
It's very telling that California Democrats passed a law banning masks for federal law enforcement but not for state law enforcement. This gives you a clear picture of the overall struggle over police accountability and its relationship to partisanship. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
As Netanyahu prepares to meet with Trump this week in Washington, Israel has given itself new powers over territory in the West Bank. Trump has previously said he wouldnt allow Israel to annex the West Bank, yet Israel is taking steps now to annex the occupied territory www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Definitely not one or the other. Organizing influences litigation and court rulings, and litigation and court rulings influence organizing. It's a symbiotic relationship. And then there is also the role of policymaking in all this.
One of the lasting legacies of Trump 2.0 will be the wake up call that lead states to adopt new laws that allow lawsuits to hold federal law enforcement, including agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, liable for committing civil rights violations. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Amazing. Would love to learn what you find out! Ty.
It makes sense you can't find good data since that would require asking people about their immigration status, which would defeat the point of ITINs for undocumented immigrants. But when I was an immigration attorney, I used to recommend that my clients file their federal taxes, which required ITIN
Historically, ITIN numbers were available to undocumented immigrants to allow them to pay taxes. But these days, while ITINs are still available regardless of status, DHS is seeking data from Treasury on who gets ITINs, which does complicate things. It's currently in litigation.
Amazing
Ends decision with a signature line that includes a photo of Liam Ramos.
Incredible decision by TX federal judge ordering release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos, explaining "case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas...even if it requires traumatizing children" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Fatal overdoses drop in New Jersey to the lowest levels since the COVID-19 pandemic. The decline in deaths is far outpacing the national average as New Jersey overdose deaths fall to five-year low nj1015.com/new-jersey-o...
Wall Street Journal editorial board calls for ICE to leave Minnesota. Explain that after the shooting of Renee Good, both Minnesota Democrats and Trump had a chance to calm the furies. But Trump instead sent 1,000 more immigration officers on top of 2,000 already there www.wsj.com/opinion/time...
57 percent of voters think Mr. Trump has been focusing on the wrong issues — including a whopping 69 percent of voters under 30, more than any other age group. Few voters say Trump’s second term has made the country better www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
NEW: On his last day in office, @govmurphy.bsky.social announced a final round of clemency for 148 people, including 16 of our Clemency Project clients.
This is the largest day of clemency action in modern New Jersey history.
www.aclu-nj.org/press-releas...
While the overall global trend continues to move towards death penalty abolition, the world witnessed a sharp hike in number of executions in 2025. And we don't even know the full story, as countries like China & North Korea shroud the death penalty in secrecy
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Demetrius Minor: "That is how we honor Kirk — not with another killing [though the death penalty], but with a commitment to the principles that defined his faith and, I hope, will guide our nation forward." "The death penalty is not justice for Charlie Kirk’s killer" thehill.com/opinion/crim...
As the Pentagon began moving some troops from Qatar in anticipation of a potential US attack against Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel asked President Trump to postpone any plans for an American military attack on Iran www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
The recent demonstrations in Iran unite men and women from a range of socioeconomic classes and professions: merchants, public and private employees, students, seminarians, public intellectuals, and moderate Shiite clerics. www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/iranian...
In recent Gallup poll, an average of 47% of Americans identified as Democrats or said they were independents who lean toward Democratic Party, while 42% identified as Republicans or leaned Republican. This breaks 3-year stretch in which Republicans held an edge news.gallup.com/poll/700499/...
Spent the morning with @govmurphy.bsky.social at New Hope Baptist Church as he signed an executive order allowing people with past felony convictions to serve on juries in NJ, ending a lifetime ban that affected hundreds of thousands of people and restoring dignity to our neighbors, family & friends
DHS policy did state that firearms shall not be discharged solely to disable moving vehicles. But DHS policy didn't include same level of detail as DOJ policy on what to do when there is a legitimate threat. Didn't include the "no other reasonable means" standard & example of an officer moving. 4/4
DHS updated its own policy on February 6, 2023, as mandated by Biden EO but didn't include same exact provision as DOJ. DHS reiterated current deadly force standard under federal constitutional law (reasonable belief subject of such force poses imminent threat of death/serious bodily injury). 3/4
The 2022 DOJ policy made it clear that firearms may not be discharged to disable moving vehicles unless there's a threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer AND no other reasonable means of defense exists, including for officer to move out of the way of the vehicle (section I(B)) 2/4