Got a plan to open up government? The president wants to give you a prize. A new memo from the Office of Management and Budget says federal agencies should hand out awards to those who come up with ideas to roll back government secrecy.
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow speaks about Virginia Governor McDonnell's new requirement to require people convicted of non-violent felonies to write an essay in order to get their voting rights restored..
In this newsletter: Jim Crow in New York, Democracy Restoration Act Congressional Hearing, State Reforms, Ninth Circuit Victory & Other Litigation News and Alan Alda reads from My First Vote
The New York State Court of Appeals is considering a case that goes to the heart of the values we hold dear----the right of indigent defendants to be represented by competent attorneys.
Fixes to help homeowners with the foreclosure crisis: first, lifting federal restrictions on the Legal Services Corporation, and second, considering more civil counsel assistance options.
Like the Lochner v. New York decision from 1905, Citizens United is similarly driven by a particular brand of conservative ideology to achieve a certain result.
In an interview with Brian Lehrer, retired Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau discusses the amicus brief that he recently signed along with the Brennan Center and 62 prosecutors, in support of the case Hurrell-Harring et al. v. The State of New York, which challenges systemic failures in New York's provision of indigent defense.
Click here to listen to the full interview on WNYC's Brian Lehrer show.
Classification and Consequences
Got a plan to open up government? The president wants to give you a prize. A new memo from the Office of Management and Budget says federal agencies should hand out awards to those who come up with ideas to roll back government secrecy.
Rachel Maddow Speaks about felony disenfranchisement
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow speaks about Virginia Governor McDonnell's new requirement to require people convicted of non-violent felonies to write an essay in order to get their voting rights restored..
Voting After Criminal Conviction | 2010 Spring Update
In this newsletter: Jim Crow in New York, Democracy Restoration Act Congressional Hearing, State Reforms, Ninth Circuit Victory & Other Litigation News and Alan Alda reads from My First Vote
The Right to Counsel: Is it Being Denied?
The New York State Court of Appeals is considering a case that goes to the heart of the values we hold dear----the right of indigent defendants to be represented by competent attorneys.
Erika Wood and Glenn Martin on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Erika Wood and Fortune Society's Glenn Martin talk about Brennan Center's new report, Jim Crow in New York.
Jim Crow haunts N.Y. blacks
A law enacted nearly 140 years ago -- intended to disenfranchise African-Americans -- is still in effect here today in New York.
Carrot and Stick Approach Needed for Homeowners in Foreclosure
Fixes to help homeowners with the foreclosure crisis: first, lifting federal restrictions on the Legal Services Corporation, and second, considering more civil counsel assistance options.
A 21st-century 'Lochner'
Like the Lochner v. New York decision from 1905, Citizens United is similarly driven by a particular brand of conservative ideology to achieve a certain result.
Morgenthau's Exit Interview on the Brian Lehrer Show
In an interview with Brian Lehrer, retired Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau discusses the amicus brief that he recently signed along with the Brennan Center and 62 prosecutors, in support of the case Hurrell-Harring et al. v. The State of New York, which challenges systemic failures in New York's provision of indigent defense.
Click here to listen to the full interview on WNYC's Brian Lehrer show.
Justin Levitt Before the New York State Bar Association Committee on Attorneys in Public Service
Justin Levitt speaks to the NYSBA on New York's redistricting process.
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