News & Commentary
Dec 06, 2014
Riverside Unified ban of tween book, unconstitutional
The Fault In Our Stars (“TFIOS,” to fans) is a critically acclaimed, largely popular YA novel about two terminally-ill teenagers who fall in love. Business Week reported in April that “more than 7 million hardcover copies […] have circulated widely—among middle school English classes, from teen to tween, from child to parent to grandparent, and beyond.”
By Adrienna Wong
Dec 03, 2014
The system, caught on tape
Why we need body cameras now more than ever
By Peter Bibring
Nov 26, 2014
A million dollars: The cost of free speech?
When Vickie Mena heard that her hometown of Adelanto, CA was considering plans to build yet another prison, she decided to express her concerns through a most time-honored American tradition: she organized a protest on the City Hall lawn. But the Adelanto officials had other ideas.
By Michael Kaufman
Nov 26, 2014
Indict the system: 5 critical needs beyond Ferguson
It’s been two days since a grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown. In L.A., as elsewhere, many people have taken to the streets.
By Peter Bibring
Nov 24, 2014
Class action settlement between Sheriff’s Department and inmates with disabilities in Los Angeles County jails moves forward
LOS ANGELES - Today a federal judge granted preliminary approval to a class action settlement between inmates with mobility impairments and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.The ACLU Foundation of Southern California (ACLU SoCal), Disability Rights California, Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC) and the law firm of Winston & Strawn filed the class action lawsuit, Johnson v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, in 2008 on behalf of inmates who were unable to access bathrooms and other facilities in the jails because they had physical disabilities and required special access. The lawsuit alleged the county’s failure to provide basic equipment and access, including wheelchairs, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), California and federal statutes, and the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.
Nov 23, 2014
Two rationales for administrative relief
This blog originally appeared on Balkinization.
By Ahilan Arulanantham
Nov 21, 2014
Relief and caution
On the heels of the president's executive action, the decision by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end the deeply-flawed Secure Communities program is a step in the right direction. But with a new program in its place that will target "enforcement priorities," we are cautious.
By Jennie Pasquarella
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