Apr 4, 2019 | Civil Rights
Policy Summary In 1923 Alice Paul, a member of the National Women’s Party, drafted and submitted to the U.S. Congress the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The intent was to guarantee in the Constitution equal rights for women alongside men but...
Mar 30, 2019 | Civil Rights
Policy Summary The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech.” On March 21, 2019 President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 13864 titled “Improving Free Inquiry,...
Mar 18, 2019 | Civil Rights
Policy Summary On August 14, 1935 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act which initiated the program in the United States. In 1956 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law amendments to the Social Security Act which added disability...
Mar 9, 2019 | Civil Rights
Brief #79—Civil Rights Policy Summary The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an affiliation of U.S. states that has put together an agreement that has the potential to enact sweeping changes in future elections of the U.S. President. The current...
Mar 4, 2019 | Civil Rights
Brief #78—Civil Rights Policy Summary Tyson Timbs of Indiana was arrested for selling drugs to an undercover officer. The value of the drugs sold was just under $400. Mr. Timbs eventually pleaded guilty and was sentenced to house arrest, five years of probation and...
Feb 27, 2019 | Civil Rights
Policy Summary Andrew and Elad Dvash-Banks are a same sex – couple and also the parents of twin boys. Andrew is a United States citizen and Elad is an Israeli citizen and both men were residing in Canada when they married in 2010. (Gay marriage was allowed in...
