by Press | Jun 26, 2024 | Publications
WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, in Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General, et al., v. Missouri, et al., the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the federal government’s ability to communicate with social media companies to tackle misinformation on their platforms....
by Nick Diaz | Jul 12, 2019 | Publications, Resources
Though debtors’ prisons are by law unconstitutional, recent decades have seen a marked rise in the number of individuals who are nonetheless incarcerated for failing to pay either public or private debts. The 1980s and 1990s marked a significant increase in the number...
by Nick Diaz | Mar 25, 2019 | Publications, Resources
On November 15, 2018, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury published two final rules that, if enacted, will deprive thousands of women of meaningful access to contraceptive health care services. The Religious Exemption Rule and the Moral...
by Nick Diaz | Mar 20, 2019 | Publications, Resources
Prison population rates, of which the United States has the highest in the world, are often cited as a defining feature of mass incarceration. Incarceration rates in local jails, however, are a lesser known but significant catalyst for mass incarceration. On any given...
by Nick Diaz | Sep 24, 2018 | Publications
Registering and voting is especially important in local elections where your voice matters most. Here are Five Things You Need To About Voter Registration: 1. On National Voter Registration Day, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law-led Election Protection...
