New York’s prison agency is interpreting key provisions of a landmark parole reform law to keep more people locked up. A lead sponsor of the legislation calls it ‘appalling.’
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A Justice for a Progressive Future
What really matters is how Ketanji Brown Jackson can help turn American law in a more progressive direction decades from now.
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Michelle Childs, Jim Clyburn, and One Man’s Love of Hunting Quail
A South Carolinian scion was facing stiff penalties for killing federally protected hawks. Rep. Clyburn asked Judge Michelle Childs to consider his character.
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The ‘Black Woman Question’ and the Court Nominee
There’s a world of difference between Biden’s possible picks. And then there are administration policies that afflict and even endanger Black women.
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Supreme Court Conservatives May Slash EPA’s Authority on Climate
A decision limiting the federal agency’s power to combat the climate crisis could potentially have wider, catastrophic effects across a broader range of health and safety issues.
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Michelle Childs Sentenced a Man to 12 Years for Selling Eight Ounces of Weed
‘I had more time than people in there who killed somebody,’ says Willie Roy Goodwin, who received the harsh sentence from the Supreme Court hopeful.
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Michelle Childs’s Punitive Criminal Justice Rulings Were Repeatedly Overturned
The candidate for the Supreme Court vacancy has a history of tough-on-crime sentences and opinions that higher courts subsequently tossed out.
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Clyburn Pushes Management-Side Labor Attorney for Supreme Court
Michelle Childs, a potential choice to replace Stephen Breyer, worked for years defending employers accused in racial, gender, and other discrimination cases.
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Garland Has Yet to De-Trumpify His Office of Legal Counsel
The Department of Justice has failed to revise dubious decisions made to shield Trump from scrutiny.
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Merrick Garland Is Undermining the Biden Antitrust Strategy
By fighting over personnel to the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, the attorney general is prioritizing the status quo over the public good.
