May 6, 2021 | Civil Rights
Policy Summary: On April 16, 2021 new U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a memorandum titled “Civil Settlement Agreements and Consent Decrees With State and Local Governmental Entities.” The memo was comprised of four points. First, the new memo...
Apr 27, 2021 | Civil Rights
Title: Civil Rights; A New Wave of “Anti – Protest” and “Anti – Riot” Bills Threaten First Amendment Rights In The United States; April 2021 Policy Summary: During the 2021 legislative session “anti – protest” and...
Apr 14, 2021 | Civil Rights
Policy Summary: In 2013 the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in the Shelby County v. Holder case. The case was brought seeking to have Sections 4(b) and 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 declared unconstitutional. The Voting Rights Act had been enacted...
Apr 1, 2021 | Civil Rights
Georgia’s New Voter Law Does More Harm Than Good; March 2021 Policy Summary: On March 25, 2021 Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia signed Georgia SB 202, which is known as the “The Election Integrity Act of 2021.” The sweeping 98-page bill purports to...
Mar 20, 2021 | Civil Rights
Policy Summary: In 2015 Oregon became the first state in the country to implement an automatic voter registration (AVR) system for its residents. California became the second U.S. state to implement an AVR system when it approved a law in October 2015. Over the next...
Mar 12, 2021 | Civil Rights
Policy Summary: Article One, Section Four, Clause One of the United States Constitution states “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Representatives and Senators, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may...
