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.
The Department of Justice filed a statement of interest in support of Huntington Beach’s lawsuit challenging the California Values Act, which restricts local law enforcement from assisting federal immigration officials, and cited the newly enacted Laken Riley Act as evidence of its unconstitutionality.
A federal judge granted California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request for a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s seizure of the California National Guard, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued a stay allowing the Trump administration to maintain control of the California National Guard for now.
The ACLU has launched the Seven States Safety Campaign to hold law enforcement accountable for systemic abuse, after Trump’s executive order encouraged police brutality and dismantled oversight, and the DOJ withdrew consent decrees aimed at addressing widespread constitutional violations.
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.
Defense attorney Scott Sanders has filed a motion seeking resentencing for Guy Scott, who has spent 44 years in prison for a 1981 robbery and murder conviction now tainted by grave prosecutorial misconduct, and argues that Scott’s conviction was obtained through coercion, concealment, and false testimony.
Civil rights attorneys in California warn that five years after George Floyd’s murder, systemic police abuses persist and the public pressure for reform has since receded due to legal setbacks, institutional resistance, and a chilling of First Amendment rights.
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.
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