Commentary
Brennan Center Memo of Support of N.Y. Voting Rights Notification & Registration Act
Brennan Center memo supporting Senate Bill 1266 / Assembly Bill 2266.
– 05/04/09
An Important Vote to Protect Charity Lobbying Rights
An article describing the legal services “poison pill” restriction and its relationship to more recent efforts to defund nonprofit advocacy work.
Authored by: Vince Stehle, Surdna Foundation
– 04/09/09
Pinched Courts Push to Bolster Budgets Through Fees and Fines
Valerie Gainous paid her debt to society, but almost went to jail because of a debt to Florida’s courts....
Authored by: John Schwartz, The New York Times
– 04/07/09
The New Debtors’ Prisons
Here is a tale that sounds like it comes right from the pages of “Little Dorrit,” Charles Dickens’s scathing indictment of Victorian England’s debtors’ prisons. Unfortunately, it is happening in 21st-century America....
Authored by: The New York Times, Editorial
– 04/06/09
WABC | Eric Lane on Albany
The Brennan Center’s Senior Fellow discusses the dysfunction in Albany on WABC’s “Up Close” hosted by Diana Williams.
Authored by: Eric Lane
– 04/05/09
Dancin’ With Them What Brung Ya: Electing Appellate Judges
Donald R. Lundberg, Executive Secretary Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, addresses a proposal before Indiana’s General Assembly to elect its appellate judges.
Authored by: Donald R. Lundberg
– 03/30/09
After Prison, New Debt
A monthly fee charged to Maryland parolees often grows to a burdensome debt that hinders their attempts to build a life after prison and runs counter to the mission of the parole program, according to a study that will be released this week....
Authored by: Julie Scharper, The Baltimore Sun
– 03/23/09
Deal Showcases Need to Fix Executive Privilege
While the deal between former Bush administration aids and the House committee investigating the firing of U.S. attorneys has been hailed as a victory, it still guarantees that there is much information Congress will not uncover.
Authored by: Emily Berman
– 03/16/09
Voting After Criminal Conviction | 2009 Spring Update
In This Newsletter: Democracy Restoration Act, Faith & Religious Leaders Join Campaign to Restore Voting Rights, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Allies, New Report: DeFacto Disenfranchisement, and Progress in the States.
Authored by: Erika Wood & Garima Malhotra
– 03/10/09
Don’t Disenfranchise Millions
Discusses the Poverty Forum and the Democracy Restoration Act.
Authored by: Erika Wood
– 03/04/09