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.
132 US military veterans have signed a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis urging him to halt the execution of Jeffrey “Ranger” Hutchinson, a decorated Gulf War veteran suffering from severe combat-related brain injuries, arguing that his execution would be a miscarriage of justice and a national betrayal.
Trump’s administration is launching a political attack on Harvard University, demanding ideological restructuring under threat of defunding, which is a dangerous and ironic turn for the American right, and would set a precedent for the government to control private institutions.
Trump’s approval rating is down, but public opinion may not matter as much as it once did, due to voter suppression, gerrymandering, and the decay of institutional checks on executive power.
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order titled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy” that effectively nullifies disparate impact liability, a core method by which the federal government enforces the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and redefines civil rights in American law to focus solely on intentional discrimination.
The ACLU has asked the Supreme Court to step in as the Trump administration has refused to bring back a lawful U.S. resident who was deported in error, despite a federal judge’s order to halt the deportation flights.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review Lance Shockley’s death sentence in late March,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Due Process Institute and four other civil rights institutions filed an amicus brief…
Senator Chris Van Hollen has called for a moral clarity in defense of the Constitution, criticizing Governor Gavin Newsom and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer for their lack of support for due process and the rule of law.
WASHINGTON, DC – An amicus brief was submitted to the Supreme Court in Bowe vs. United States…
President Trump and El Salvador’s authoritarian leader Nayib Bukele have rejected a Supreme Court order to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father of three, who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador despite a standing U.S. court order blocking his removal.
Attorneys for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia have filed a motion demanding that the Trump administration comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ordered the government to facilitate his return to the United States after he was unlawfully deported to El Salvador.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal government illegally deported a Salvadoran man, delivering a strong rebuke to Trump immigration tactics and reminding the executive that discretion must remain within the bounds of law.