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 Canada...
Brief #76—Civil Rights Policy Summary On January 3, 2019, Representative John P. Sarbanes (D-MD) introduced in the House of Representatives bill H.R.1 known as the For The People Act of 2019. It was the first bill introduced by the new Democratic controlled House...
Brief #75—Civil Rights Policy SummaryArticle 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution states "Representatives...shall be apportioned among the several States...according to their respective numbers. The actual Enumeration shall be made...within every subsequent...
Brief #74—Civil Rights Policy Summary Phyllis Randall is an elected official and holds the position of Chair for Loudon County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors. In this role, Ms. Randall opened a Facebook page titled "Chair Phyllis J. Randall's" Facebook page which...
Brief #48—Civil Rights Policy Summary On November 6, 2018, the United States held its biennial federal elections. As dictated by the U.S. Constitution, every seat in the House of Representatives was up for election as well as the required 1/3 of the total Senate seats...
Brief #75—Civil Rights Policy While the American public is still horrified after the migrant tear gas encounter at the San Ysidro border in November, troops are being shifted, more individuals are attempting to seek asylum, and most heartbreaking: a 7 year old died in...
Brief #74—Civil Rights Police Summary On December 4th, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced to a meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels that Russia was in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and had 60 days to come into...
Brief #73—Civil Rights Policy Summary: On May 7, 2018, Representative Doug Collins (R-GA) introduced the FIRST STEP Act bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. The FIRST STEP Act is a bill that contains numerous reforms to help improve the criminal justice system...
Brief #72—Civil Rights Policy Summary In the aftermath of the 2018 midterm elections which saw the Democratic Party make significant gains with additional seats in the House of Representatives and the number of state governorships, state legislators in four swing...
Brief #71—Civil Rights Policy Summary On November 6, 2018, the United States held its biennial federal elections. As dictated by the U.S. Constitution, every seat in the House of Representatives was up for election as well as the required 1/3 of the total Senate seats...
On November 7, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the memorandum “Principles and Procedures for Civil Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements with State and Local Government Entities” to the Department of Justice (DOJ). He issued the memorandum moments before he resigned as Attorney General. Consent decrees are often used by the department in order to force state and local entities to comply with constitutional and federal laws.
Brief #69---Civil Rights Policy Summary: On October 30, 2018, Judge Leigh Martin May of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled against Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp's request to stay an injunction that the judge issued the...