BREAKING NEWS – The Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that allows Christians to use their free-speech to deny certain services for same-sex marriages, even in the state of California where laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. The case was based upon a Colorado graph...
This morning, the United States Supreme Court ruled for two cases: Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC which impact admission processes based on the consideration of race and ethnicity in education institutions. The Justices in a 6-3 decision determine...
Solitary confinement is torture, period. With the understanding that prisons are innately harmful, placing incarcerated persons into solitary confinement adds on more stress...
Your driver's license can possibly be suspended if convicted of a serious driving offense, and privileges to drive can either be taken temporarily or permanently. Laws regarding motor vehicles and driving vary state to state. Reasons why your driver's license can be suspended include: An alco...
BREAKING NEWS – The Supreme Court has struck down the federal student loan forgiveness program which would wipe out $400 billion dollars of debt from Americans....
Growing up, I had a sense that my uncle wasn't around because of travelling as I was told, but because of prison. He had been incarcerated for a year a while back and then suddenly was not in sight at family gatherings. My grandmother, who had taken care of him as he switched from job to job and...
In the U.S., there isn't an exact amount of how many deaf and hard of hearing individuals that are currently incarcerated. There's also little to no communication access for them behind bars either. It's what the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community like to call, in isolation in isolation. Many fa...
Police misconduct comes in all shapes and forms, and a roadblock that comes along approaching these issues within law enforcement agencies is how they team up to block away from accountability. It is more intensified when the media has touched based on Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and their e...
The 2020 Presidential election was a divisive pinpoint in our democracy, with the necessary assessment on election administration and their safety. Harassment, intimidation, and even threats against election workers came at an all-time high on a national level, and there is much concern for 2024....
You might've heard of this phrase before: “But we're a family!” I know that I have. It's the way mistreatment or abuse can be excused, and it's easier to accept despite the anger that's built up. We can only imagine children who endure abuse from a sibling or a peer at school and viewing bruis...
Last May, the United Farm Workers Foundation and ACLU Northern California filed a lawsuit with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Martínez Aguilasocho Law, Inc. to go against the County of Kern and Kern County Supreme Court, for systematically denying poor misdemeanor defendants their constitutiona...
Violence in a relationship will always be a difficulty to navigate. Knowing where to go for help, leaving the relationship safely, and getting back to your own life are all big steps to take from a vulnerable position. Heterosexual relationships are the default example of examining intimate partn...
Relationships between a patient and a physician in general include the right to medical confidentiality. The exceptions that would break that confidentiality are usually if there is notice of risk of losing their own life or threats being made to harm another person. This is also applied in the s...
The juvenile justice system isn't anything juvenile or justice alike. Children become criminalized without agency, and the lack of research of juvenile detention centers makes it difficult to know where things are leading. According to the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delin...
In July 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court declared the “photographing and fingerprinting” procedure as unconstitutional with applying the 4th Amendment, a tactic that the Grand Rapids Police Department had been doing for over a decade and violated two young Black boys. Yeah, what am I talking abo...
Under the Clinton Administration in the 90's, curfew laws were implemented in many cities and states all throughout the country. Want to guess why? To combat and prevent further “gang violence” and drugs on the street. Ultimately, to stop crime in neighborhoods. To me, I think that most kids enj...
It's rare to say for the average American that they don't recognize a security camera at a grocery store or are not aware of how many police departments are required to wear body-cameras while on duty. You have most likely normalized surveillance as an everyday encounter and let that occurrence p...
Familiarity with police accountability doesn't almost seem familiar in policy or within the justice system and that's because of qualified immunity. It refers to the protections that government agents, including police officers, from liability of their misconduct or abuse of power, even when viol...
You can visit social media for a short period of time and eventually find someone talking about 988 on their account story or recommending the number to a person in the comments without even knowing them. We all know what 911 is in the United States, and the popularization of 988 has skyrocketed ...
AB 256, known as the California Racial Justice Act for All that is a statute in the state of California, expands the limitations of the original Racial Justice Act passed in 2011. Its purpose is to allow persons with convictions or judgements prior to January 1, 2021 to petition the court and see...
It has now been the 7th week of the WGA strike, and negotiations between SAG and DGA separately with AMPTP have been ongoing since earlier this month. Contracts are ending, the turmoil has not been shifted, and WGA has been strong and tightknit with their solidarity. WGA is not only associated wi...
Juneteenth is a time where as a collective, we can honor and remember those whose lives were entrapped with injustices and their fight to gain freedom in a country that never initially supported them. To the actual day, those that were enslaved and later free, created their own celebration by tak...
On June 8th this past Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the map of Alabama had been structured under the guide of gerrymandering for voting purposes – making the impact of Black voters a dissipating contributor that matters. According to Ari Berman, a correspondent from Mother Jones, “Alabam...
What is the prop intended for? Proposition 47 was enacted into legislation in 3024 by the state of California and reduces certain felonies into misdemeanors. Those felonies would include nonviolent property (theft under 950 dollars) and drug-related crimes, ones that have made the California pri...
To protect and serve isn't exactly a response you can confidently say as police brutality rates have been on a constant high throughout the country. Instead, you can automatically respond with how large the amount of settlements are ongoing and continue to put cities in debt. I think all of us at...
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