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After a String of Defeats, Isn't Trump Tired of Losing in Federal Court? Sep. 04, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Are we winning yet? Donald Trump promised that — if he were elected presiden... Read More
Judge Rules Trump Can't Break the Law in Order To Enforce the Law Sep. 02, 2025
SAN DIEGO — It's a simple concept that has somehow eluded the knuckleheads in the Trump admini... Read More
The Turbulent 1960s Continue to Shape America's Criminal Justice System Aug. 26, 2025
The 1960s were turbulent. The nation was in the midst of two wars. First, the Cold War with the Sovi... Read More
Has The Death Penalty Become Arbitrary and Capricious? Aug. 19, 2025
Those who write about the death penalty often do so from a certain bias. I wanted to take a crack at... Read More
For Immigrant Day Laborers, Work Is About Survival, Not Fun and Games Aug. 12, 2025
SAN DIEGO — Immigrants do so much for Americans. They care for our children, look after our el... Read More
Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order: What Happens Next Aug. 11, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order seeking to end the cons... Read More
The Senate Kisses Trump's Ring Jul. 30, 2025
Evidence was offered in recent Senate hearings that judicial nominee Emil Bove told subordinates the... Read More
Florida's Convoluted Death Penalty Process Jul. 29, 2025
Last week, a Florida jury deliberated for one hour and 42 minutes before recommending the death pena... Read More
Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity Jul. 28, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The National Institutes of Health — the world's largest public funder of biomedical research &... Read More
Overburdened Public Defense Puts Justice at Risk Jul. 22, 2025
Lawyers are personally responsible for the quality of representation they provide. Public defenders ... Read More
The Growing, and Impactful, Phenomenon of True Crime Jul. 08, 2025
Recently, I was scrolling through some news articles and came across this headline, "Nearly 2 in 3 A... Read More
What the Marriage Equality Backlash Taught Me About the Fight for Trans Rights Jul. 08, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that excluding same-sex couples from civil marriage was un... Read More
SCOTUS Ruling Misses the Point of Reading Jul. 04, 2025
Literature fuels empathy and conversation. It can foster belonging and it can also fuel productive d... Read More
Democracy Strikes Out Jul. 02, 2025
In Chief Justice John Roberts's opening statement at his confirmation hearing, he explained that jud... Read More
Courts Not Compelled to Accept 'Obviously Absurd' Presidential Directive Jul. 01, 2025
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of a temporary restraining order (TRO) granted to ... Read More
Posting the Ten Commandments Does Not Establish a Religion Jun. 25, 2025
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was serving as his state's attorney general in 2005, he appeared before ... Read More
The End May Be Near for Miranda v. Arizona Jun. 24, 2025
Nearly 60 years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart asked Attorney John J. Flynn, represe... Read More
The Obsolescence of Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Jun. 17, 2025
Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy acknowledged in 2012 — when writing an opinion... Read More
Prosecuting Parents for Unsafe Sleep Environments Jun. 10, 2025
Every year in this country over 4,500 babies die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Children's ... Read More
From Day One, Trump's Immigration Agenda Has Grown More Extreme Jun. 09, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Four months into President Donald Trump's second term, he has aggressively pursued efforts to strip ... Read More
