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Barr is as Bad as Session – If Not Worse

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|Date: December 08, 2018
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Barr is as Bad as Session – If Not Worse

By David Cole Donald Trump’s nomination of William Barr to succeed Jeff Sessions as attorney general ough ...

By David Cole Donald Trump’s nomination of William Barr to succeed Jeff Sessions as attorney general ought to raise alarm bells across the country. Barr is as bad as Sessions was on the full range of ...

December 08, 2018
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Accelerating the Militarization of the Southwest Border

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|Date: December 07, 2018
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Accelerating the Militarization of the Southwest Border

By Cynthia Pompa For decades, the ACLU has fought back against the militarization of domestic law enforce ...

By Cynthia Pompa For decades, the ACLU has fought back against the militarization of domestic law enforcement agencies and the use of the military in our communities. Nowhere is this militarization mo ...

December 07, 2018
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Ending the Horror of Long-Term Solitary

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|Date: December 06, 2018
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Ending the Horror of Long-Term Solitary

By Rick Raemisch In Colorado, long-term solitary confinement used to be a tool that was regularly used in ...

By Rick Raemisch In Colorado, long-term solitary confinement used to be a tool that was regularly used in corrections. The problem is that it was not corrective at all. It was indiscriminate punishmen ...

December 06, 2018
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Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Copays for People Incarcerated in California Prisons

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 04, 2018
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Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Copays for People Incarcerated in California Prisons

(From Press Release) - The ACLU of California, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, and Initiate Jus ...

(From Press Release) - The ACLU of California, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, and Initiate Justice announced their support for AB 45, new legislation introduced today by Assemblymember Mark ...

December 04, 2018
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School Sends Kid Home From First Grade Due to His Hair

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|Date: December 03, 2018
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School Sends Kid Home From First Grade Due to His Hair

By Clinton Stanley Six-year-olds never seem to run out of questions, and my son is no exception. But in A ...

By Clinton Stanley Six-year-olds never seem to run out of questions, and my son is no exception. But in August, CJ asked me a question that was harder than the rest: He wanted to know if there was som ...

December 03, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Who Will Police the Police Now?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 02, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Who Will Police the Police Now?

It seems like we have been asking this question since the founding of the Vanguard in 2006. Sometimes, we ...

It seems like we have been asking this question since the founding of the Vanguard in 2006. Sometimes, we have moved forward, sometimes we have moved backward. The situation in Sacramento is one that ...

December 02, 2018
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In Major Threat to Due Process, Marsy’s Law Gains Ground Nationwide

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|Date: December 01, 2018
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In Major Threat to Due Process, Marsy’s Law Gains Ground Nationwide

By Jeanne Hruska and Holly Welborn Alongside the major criminal justice reform headlines that came out of ...

By Jeanne Hruska and Holly Welborn Alongside the major criminal justice reform headlines that came out of the midterm elections, a quieter trend also gained momentum through the ballot box: a budding, ...

December 01, 2018
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Weaponizing the Government’s Refugee Resettlement Agency

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|Date: November 30, 2018
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Weaponizing the Government’s Refugee Resettlement Agency

By Madhuri Grewal Back in April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, b ...

By Madhuri Grewal Back in April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, both under the Department of Homeland Security, entered into a memorandum of agreement with an o ...

November 30, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Prop 47 Spares Offenders from Prison, but County Jail May Be Worse

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|Date: November 29, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Prop 47 Spares Offenders from Prison, but County Jail May Be Worse

By Kerry Rudd Proposition 47’s forgotten people are in dire need of relief. Low-level offenders, the peop ...

By Kerry Rudd Proposition 47’s forgotten people are in dire need of relief. Low-level offenders, the people for whom our state sought to decrease penalties, have been buried under a tomb of harsher pu ...

November 29, 2018
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Book Drive for Immigration Detainees at the Yuba County Jail

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|Date: November 29, 2018
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Book Drive for Immigration Detainees at the Yuba County Jail

by Natalie Mvondo I’m helping Faithful Friends, a grassroots group, set up a book drive for the immigrant ...

by Natalie Mvondo I’m helping Faithful Friends, a grassroots group, set up a book drive for the immigrants at the Yuba City County Jail. We’re making a list of 50 books (the limit we were given) and a ...

November 29, 2018
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Government Use of Tear Gas Is Illegal in War

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|Date: November 29, 2018
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Government Use of Tear Gas Is Illegal in War

By Jamil Dakwar Pictures of migrant women and children fleeing in panic as tear gas canisters were fired ...

By Jamil Dakwar Pictures of migrant women and children fleeing in panic as tear gas canisters were fired at them by U.S. border agents this week shocked many Americans, but the Trump administration pr ...

November 29, 2018
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Sessions’ Legacy Is Full of Dangerous Successes

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 27, 2018
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Sessions’ Legacy Is Full of Dangerous Successes

By Sagiv Galai In his 636 days in office, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions secured a legacy that has ...

By Sagiv Galai In his 636 days in office, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions secured a legacy that has been described as “unprecedented” and “dark.” But Sessions’ unwavering actions against crimina ...

November 27, 2018
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Military Enlistment Policy

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|Date: November 26, 2018
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Military Enlistment Policy

By Sameer Ahmed and Imaan Patel Despite attacking family members of fallen war heroes, criticizing Sen. J ...

By Sameer Ahmed and Imaan Patel Despite attacking family members of fallen war heroes, criticizing Sen. John McCain for being captured in war, and recently deploying troops to the border for a costly ...

November 26, 2018
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What a Portrait of General Robert E. Lee Means for One Man’s Capital Trial

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 20, 2018
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What a Portrait of General Robert E. Lee Means for One Man’s Capital Trial

By Olivia Ensign Anyone walking into the sole courtroom in the town of Louisa, Virginia, is met by an arr ...

By Olivia Ensign Anyone walking into the sole courtroom in the town of Louisa, Virginia, is met by an array of portraits covering nearly every square inch of the walls. Overwhelmingly they feature whi ...

November 20, 2018
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Probation System Squeezes the Poor and Feeds Mass Incarceration

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|Date: November 19, 2018
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Probation System Squeezes the Poor and Feeds Mass Incarceration

By Andrea Young Charles “Skip” Eckartz, a 63-year-old disabled veteran, and his wife, Virginia “Ginny” Ec ...

By Andrea Young Charles “Skip” Eckartz, a 63-year-old disabled veteran, and his wife, Virginia “Ginny” Eckartz, were arrested in their Georgia home for manufacturing marijuana. They were incarcerated ...

November 19, 2018
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Mississippi Senator’s Hanging Quip Draws Scrutiny

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|Date: November 18, 2018
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Mississippi Senator’s Hanging Quip Draws Scrutiny

By Dennis Parker When Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a run-off election with Democrat Mike ...

By Dennis Parker When Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a run-off election with Democrat Mike Espy for the state's U.S. Senate seat, attempted to show her loyalty to one of her supporters d ...

November 18, 2018
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Illinois Police Killed a Black Security Guard while He Was Doing His Job

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|Date: November 17, 2018
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Illinois Police Killed a Black Security Guard while He Was Doing His Job

By Paige Fernandez In an alternate reality, Tuesday’s national news headlines would have read: “Active Sh ...

By Paige Fernandez In an alternate reality, Tuesday’s national news headlines would have read: “Active Shooter Heroically Subdued by Brave Security Guard.” Instead, we woke up to news stories announci ...

November 17, 2018
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Sessions Handcuffed the Justice Department’s Ability to Police the Police

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|Date: November 16, 2018
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Sessions Handcuffed the Justice Department’s Ability to Police the Police

By Kanya Bennett and Carl Takei In his final move as attorney general, Jeff Sessions last Wednesday issue ...

By Kanya Bennett and Carl Takei In his final move as attorney general, Jeff Sessions last Wednesday issued a new policy that all but eliminates federal oversight of state and local law enforcement age ...

November 16, 2018
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Senator Makes A Conservative Case for Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 14, 2018
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Senator Makes A Conservative Case for Criminal Justice Reform

While there has been bipartisan support at times for criminal justice reform, for the most part it seems ...

While there has been bipartisan support at times for criminal justice reform, for the most part it seems to remain the purview of the left. But this week, Utah Senator Mike Lee has authored an opinio ...

November 14, 2018
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‘Victims’ Rights’ Proposals Like Marsy’s Law Undermine Due Process

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|Date: November 13, 2018
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‘Victims’ Rights’ Proposals Like Marsy’s Law Undermine Due Process

By Jeanne Hruska Since 2008, a national campaign entitled “Marsy’s Law” has sought to enshrine in state c ...

By Jeanne Hruska Since 2008, a national campaign entitled “Marsy’s Law” has sought to enshrine in state constitutions a specific and lengthy set of victims’ rights. Funded by California billionaire He ...

November 13, 2018
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