The Republican Party is supporting President Trump’s second-term agenda, which includes attempts to dismantle birthright citizenship and pass legislation impacting healthcare, immigration, and the social safety net, while legal challenges and opposition from the ACLU and other organizations are underway.
The California Department of Justice will continue to defend and uphold the rights of LGBTQ+ students and ensure that schools foster environments grounded in respect, understanding and inclusivity, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Mahmoud v. Taylor case.
Justice Clarence Thomas’s dissent in the Supreme Court case Gutierrez v. Saenz argued that the Constitution does not require states to offer any postconviction relief, effectively closing the courthouse doors once a conviction is handed down.
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. CASA, Inc. has significantly weakened judicial checks on presidential power, allowing President Trump’s contested executive order limiting birthright citizenship to begin taking effect in many parts of the country.
Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy warned that American democracy is at risk due to the collapse of respect for truth, process, and institutions, and the need for civility, judicial independence, truth, and the steadfast refusal to surrender to fear.
Labor law scholar Matthew W. Finkin has compared former President Donald Trump’s actions to those of Adolf Hitler in his opinion piece, warning of the erosion of democratic governance and the rule of law in the United States.
Protests erupted in Los Angeles and across the country as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids intensified in California, a self-declared sanctuary state, while the federal government’s authority over state and local criminal justice systems was questioned.
DACA, a program that has allowed hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants to build stable lives and contribute to their communities, is in legal and economic peril due to its temporary nature and ongoing political attacks, and a permanent solution is needed to protect families and the economy.
The Supreme Court’s decision to recuse five justices in the Baker v. Coates case due to potential conflicts of interest has been viewed as a step in the right direction, but CREW is calling for a formal, consistent, and transparent process for addressing such conflicts.
Maria Foscarinis, a former Wall Street lawyer and advocate for homeless rights, discusses the roots of the modern homelessness crisis and the need for systemic change to ensure that everyone has a safe place to live.
The U.S. Supreme Court has narrowed the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), making it easier for infrastructure projects to advance without fully accounting for broader environmental impacts, while environmental advocates have criticized the ruling as a significant setback.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a Massachusetts middle school student who challenged his school’s decision to prohibit him from wearing a T-shirt that read, “There are only two genders,” while a related case in Maryland is seeking the right to opt their children out of reading LGBTQ-themed books in elementary school classrooms.
The majority of people who commit crimes will stop doing so as they age, and the U.S. imposes life sentences on a staggering scale, making it difficult to justify the costs of keeping people locked up for decades.
The Trump administration’s proposed actions to send immigrants to El Salvador or Libya without legal recourse violate the Constitution and due process, and could potentially affect U.S. citizens as well.
The Data Collaborative for Justice report highlights the need for judges to reduce pretrial detentions in New York Jails, as 85% of inmates are held pretrial, and proposes reforms to improve the criminal justice system and reduce the population in Rikers Island.
The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Republican Congressmember Laurel Libby, allowing her to continue to post a transgender high school student’s identity on social media, despite warnings that it endangered the student and violated ethical norms.
The Trump administration has taken steps to send immigrants allegedly present illegally in the United States to El Salvador, despite a federal judge blocking the move, and has suggested sending them to Libya, which has been warned by the State Department not to visit, raising concerns about the erosion of civil liberties and the potential danger of sending American citizens to foreign prisons.
The U.S. government is using tattoos and clothing to determine who gets to stay in the country and who is subject to indefinite imprisonment in a Salvadoran prison, with many of the men deported being innocent migrants who followed all necessary procedures when seeking asylum.
President Trump has stated that he doesn’t know whether people on American soil are entitled to due process, which is a dangerous and dangerous statement that undermines the rule of law and the Constitution.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has condemned President Trump’s executive orders, which they believe are designed to roll back decades of civil rights protections and discriminate against Black people and other communities of color.