The Biden administration’s criminal justice reform efforts have been criticized for relying on short-term measures and political signaling rather than durable policy changes, leaving the system vulnerable to reversal under future administrations.
Multiple federal death row prisoners whose sentences were commuted by President Joe Biden are facing transfer to ADX Florence, the nation’s most restrictive federal prison, raising constitutional questions and accusations of retaliation.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has praised a federal court ruling striking down the Trump administration’s decision to terminate National Institutes of Health grants to public health research institutions in several states, which was deemed discriminatory and unlawful.
The Trump administration is actively undermining the Emergency Housing Voucher program, which helps thousands of vulnerable Californians secure housing, in order to push them back onto the streets, and is also using bureaucratic means to punish organizations that serve marginalized communities.
Genocide is a continuing threat in the modern world, as seen in Gaza, and the US continues to fail to take action to prevent it, with its arms transfers and vetoing of ceasefire resolutions.
The ACLU is calling for the federal government to reassert its authority over law enforcement oversight after the Trump administration rolled back key DOJ accountability mechanisms, while the Biden administration found systemic patterns of police abuse in seven states.
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