Aug 15, 2018 | Civil Rights
Brief #53—Civil Rights Policy Summary: On July 13, 2018, twelve Russian intelligence officers were indicted by a federal grand jury as part of the investigation by the Department of Justice’s Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III. The twelve intelligence...
Aug 8, 2018 | Civil Rights
Brief #51—Gun Policy Policy Summary At the end of July 2018, the Boston Globe reported that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had been conducting a surveillance program known as “Quiet Skies.” Federal Air Marshals were deployed to...
Aug 5, 2018 | Civil Rights
Brief #50—Civil Rights Policy Summary: On August 1, 2018, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) wrote an opinion piece in USA Today that called on the United States to have a national discussion about Internet privacy, data and social media. The Senator also urged the...
Jul 17, 2018 | Civil Rights
Brief #49—Civil Rights Policy Summary On July 11, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued an opinion in Pellegrino v. Transportation Security Administration. The case began in 2006 when Nadine Pellegrino and a friend stopped at...
Jul 9, 2018 | Civil Rights
Brief #48—Civil Rights Policy Summary In October 2015, the California State Legislature passed the Reproductive FACT (Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care and Transparency) Act. The law was aimed at crisis pregnancy centers (CPC’s), which are...
Jul 5, 2018 | Civil Rights
Brief #47—Civil Rights Policy Summary On June 24, 2018, President Donald Trump tweeted remarks that suggested that immigrants who cross the border into the United States be denied certain legal protections. In his tweet, the President said, “We cannot...
