Prosecutors Alliance Action has filed an amicus brief in support of California’s No Secret Police Act, arguing that the federal challenge to the law should fail because it undermines public trust, weakens prosecutions and threatens public safety.
A federal judge has issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from arresting immigrants in Washington, D.C. without a warrant or probable cause, following a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and CASA.
A federal judge has issued an order banning ICE from carrying out warrantless arrests in Colorado, ruling that the agency’s practices violate federal law, and the ruling provides immediate protections to people who may otherwise be subject to warrantless detention based on profiling or insufficient investigation.
A federal judge is deciding whether to close or keep open a detention site in the Everglades, which environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe claim violates the National Environmental Policy Act and threatens endangered species and tribal homelands.
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 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.
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