Publications
Justice
Twelve Steps to Restore Checks and Balances
Executive Privilege. Extraordinary Rendition. Secret legal opinions. Warrantless wiretapping. Indefinite detention. Suspension of habeas corpus. America’s system of checks and balances is eroding, upsetting the delicate balance of power set forth in the Constitution. Twelve Steps to Restore Checks and Balances proposes specific reforms designed to keep the nation secure and free, as the Constitution’s Framers intended.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– January 2008
The Genius of America: How the Constitution Saved Our Country and Why It Can Again
An exploration of the genius of the Framers and the applicability of their insights to today’s political climate by Eric Lane, a Senior Fellow of the living Constitution Fellows Program at the Brennan Center, and Michael Oreskes, Editor of the International Herald Tribune.
Authored by: Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes
– 09/18/07
Ten Things You Should Know About Habeas Corpus
This brief publication seeks to answer questions regarding habeas corpus by explaining the facts and correcting the misconceptions surrounding this hot-button issue.
Authored by: Jonathan Hafetz
– May 2007
Access to Justice: Opening the Courthouse Door
Our nation’s promise of “equal justice for all” is among its proudest traditions. In this paper, the authors offerer a series of proposals to bridge the gap between the lofty promise of equal justice and the often disappointing reality of justice on the ground.
Authored by: David Udell & Rebekah Diller
– 04/16/07
Results from Three Surveys of Tenants Facing Eviction in New York City Housing Court
More than two-thirds of tenants facing eviction in New York City Housing Court have no legal representation when they go before the court.
Authored by: Laura K. Abel and Kira Krenichyn, Ph.D.
– 02/14/07
The Case for Community Defense in New Orleans
New Orleans’s system of public defense is broken. However, building a strong system of community defense today will help prevent more onerous and expensive steps tomorrow.
Authored by: Chris Muller
– 12/31/06
Celebrating Our First Decade: Anniversary Year Report 2006
A look back at the Brennan Center for Justice’s key accomplishments over the last ten years.
– 10/01/06
COD Newsletter 2006
Newsletter published by the Brennan Center for the Community Orientated Defender Network.
– August 2006
Rebuilding Families, Reclaiming Lives
Where the state has intervened in a family in such powerful ways, both by incapacitating a parent and removing a child from his or her home, the state also has an obligation and an opportunity to help the family overcome its challenges. State child welfare agencies and corrections departments need strong federal guidance on how to meet the needs of children in foster care and their incarcerated parents.
Authored by: Patricia Allard & Lynn Lu
“Home” in 2010
A report on the feasibility of enumerating people in prison at their home addresses in the next census. People in prison are temporarily absent from their home communities. Yet at census time the Bureau enumerates them as if prison were their usual residence.
Authored by: Kirsten D. Levingston and Christopher Muller
– 02/15/06