A recent lawsuit accuses New York City jails of flagrantly denying young people their legal right to education, in direct violation of court orders mandating educational access for incarcerated individuals. Filed by the Legal Aid Society’s Prisoners’ Rights Project, the lawsuit alleges that the city has failed to comply with a 2016 federal court order…
The issue: The Constitution generally restricts only governmental, not private, conduct. How does the Court draw the line between private and governmental conduct for constitutional purposes in the context of racial discrimination? Introduction The Constitution is a limitation on governmental conduct, not–with the exception of the Thirteenth Amendment’s prohibition of slavery–a limitation on private conduct. …
Former President Donald Trump drew controversial parallels between a court order demanding him to pay $355 million in a civil fraud case and the death of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Speaking at a Fox News town hall in South Carolina, Trump likened the judgment against him to “a form of Navalny,” equating it to…
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