New York Supreme Court Strikes Down Noncitizen Voting Law
The law was passed late in 2021 by the New York City Council. It created a class of voters made up of noncitizens who were granted the right to register…
San Francisco Voters Poised to Recall Progressive District Attorney as Crime Soars
Voters are turning on a district attorney who was elected on promises of soft-hearted criminal justice reform that residents now blame for their lawless streets. It’s the latest in a…
Biden Takes Executive Action on Police Reform
The order comes on the second anniversary of George Floyd’s death. Relatives of Floyd and Breonna Taylor, who was killed as a result of a no-knock warrant, attended the signing…
The no-knock warrant is a deadly drug war relic that needs to be abolished
We’ve written before about the dangers no-knock warrants pose to the rights, and lives, of law abiding citizens like Amir Locke, who was shot and killed during a no-knock raid…
Biden picks Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
President Joe Biden has made his Supreme Court pick – U.S. Appeals Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. While Jackson’s appointment, if successful, will not change the court’s ideological balance, and…
Missouri voters may get to decide on marijuana legalization
Missouri voters may get the opportunity to end marijuana prohibition in 2022. Both a petition drive to put a measure on the November ballot and a state legislative effort to…
How civil asset forfeiture undermines law enforcement
What happens when a small town police force discovers it can make bank through a government program intended to stifle drug crimes? You get a bad case of civil asset…
Retired Chicago PD officer: Qualified immunity must be reformed
It’s one thing for criminal justice reformers to call for an end to qualified immunity. But it’s something else to hear a former Chicago cop issue the same call for…
California makes reforms to qualified immunity
California lawmakers may have passed some truly odd bills in their most recent session, but they also managed to do some good – including reforms to qualified immunity. As the…
A warning against arming the eyes in the sky
Government is a big fan of high tech gear, especially when it allows law enforcement agencies to expand their surveillance capabilities without necessarily tripping any of those inconvenient constitutional triggers….