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Federal District Court Issues Ruling Prohibiting Citizenship Status Question on 2020 National Census Questionnaire
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...
Court of Appeals Issues Ruling Prohibiting Elected Officials From Banning Online Critics on Social Media Platforms
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...
North Carolina Election Highlights Need To Prioritize Election Integrity
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...
Another One Bites the Dust: Exit Tear Gas, Enter Migrant Child Death
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...
Trump Administration Threatens US-Russian Nuclear Treaty
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...
Wide Bipartisan Support For FIRST STEP Act, A Criminal Justice Reform Bill
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...
State Voter Suppression Tactics Continue Even After The Elections
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...
North Carolina Election Highlights Need To Prioritize Election Integrity; State Elections
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...
Federal Oversight of Local Police Stifled by New DOJ Policy; Federal Agency Action
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.