As COVID-19 cases rose, fell and now rise again across the country, prisons and youth detention facilities have consistently continued to see high numbers of infection and yes, death, leading some to call it the new death penalty. According to the ACLU’s Death by Incarceration…
A new free tool designed by Suffolk University’s law school is helping thousands of people stave off eviction while the country remains in the grips of COVID-19. Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Robert Redfield signed a declaration in September saying evictions could be detrimental…
COVID-19 infection and mortality rates in prisons are much higher than in the general population, according to a national study, as crowded environments act like a petri dish for exponential growth of the coronavirus. “Because prisons have more people incarcerated than they were designed to…
The Legal Defense and Education Fund, with Public Citizen on behalf of the NAACP recently struck a blow against the U.S. Postal Service over its “pivot” in mail delivery, which these organizations say can potentially lead to ballots not being delivered in time to count,…
Courts throughout the country are inundated with eviction cases resulting from the economic impact of the coronavirus, while cities, states and the federal government have rushed to aid households with only mixed results. A 120-day eviction moratorium mandated by the Congressional CARES Act expired on…
Voting is “an inviolable right” sacred to Americans because it preserves all rights, according to a federal judge who recently ruled that all registered voters in Alabama may vote absentee this year because of the pandemic. The ruling by District Judge Abdul K. Kallon came…
While Congress is working to root out CARES Act fraud connected to billions in business loans awarded during the COVID-19 crisis, small business owners are concerned about whether they followed the rules or will face the feds’ wrath if they didn’t.
It’s not often you see a Chief Justice of a state Supreme Court apologize for making a mistake. But that’s exactly what recently happened in Florida after the Florida Board of Bar Examiners recommended cancelling a scheduled on-line Bar exam just days before the test.
When a crisis rears its head and government and the tech community invent ways to handle it, lots of personal data is collected and stored. What happens to that data once an emergency passes? What happens to the technologies used to collect it? What civil liberties are at risk?
As the election gets closer, there’s a big question about voting safety. Many will vote by mail but some want the certainty that voting in person provides.