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Liberty and Healthcare for All Brennan Center for Justice

WebOpponents, including Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito ( who co-authored a rare four-voice dissent ), complain that the law is an attack on individual …

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A Guide to Emergency Powers and Their Use

WebExecutive Power. In February 2019, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to secure funding that Congress had expressly denied for the …

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The Era of Punitive Excess Brennan Center for Justice

WebThe Era of Punitive Excess. The criminal justice system is marred by an overreliance on excessive punishment. This essay is the first in the Brennan Center’s …

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Mercy, Especially for the Mentally Ill Brennan Center for Justice

WebAmerica’s prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill. Mass incarceration has been largely fueled by misguided drug policy and excessive …

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How to Lower the High Level of Jail Suicides

WebAccording to the latest Bureau of Justice Statistics report, suicides were the leading cause of jail deaths between 2000 and 2019, totaling 6,217 — 30 percent of all …

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Poverty and Mass Incarceration in New York: An Agenda for Change

WebBetween policing, jails, prisons, probation, and parole, New York State, its counties, and its localities spent $18.2 billion on the carceral system in 2019, according …

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Covid-19 and the Struggle for Health Behind Bars

WebThe second shocker: Covid-19 is estimated to have reduced the life expectancy of prisoners in Florida’s state system by four years. Both of these facts indict …

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Judicial Interventions for Inhumane Prison and Jail Conditions

WebFor decades, New York City’s jails have been riddled by complicated, entrenched, and interlocking problems. In 2011, 12 people confined to the New York City …

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The Links Between Mass Incarceration and Poverty

WebBetween policing, jails, prisons, probation, and parole, New York State, its counties, and its localities spent $18.2 billion on the carceral system in 2019, according …

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60 Days After Dobbs: State Legal Developments on Abortion

WebOn June 24, the Supreme Court released its decision in Dobbs v.Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v.Wade and holding that there is no …

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The Facts on Bail Reform in New York: How Pretrial Detention and

WebIn 2019, New York ended the use of money bail and jail for most cases involving misdemeanors and lower-level felonies. The law, which was implemented in …

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The Politics of Judicial Elections, 2021–2022

WebThe 2021–2022 cycle of state supreme court elections broke numerous records: In total, candidates, interest groups, and political parties spent $100.8 million on …

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Address Gun Violence by Going After the Root Causes

WebAfter two weeks marred by numerous mass shootings, the air rings again with calls for gun reform in the United States. These calls, though, differ from past calls for …

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The Government Has a Long History of Controlling Women—One …

WebView the entire Abortion Rights Are Essential to Democracy series “Women can ‘control their reproductive lives’ without access to abortion; they can do so by …

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A Guide to Emergency Powers and Their Use

Web4 Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3 Secretary of Health and Human Services may authorize the use of an unapproved drug, …

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How Coronavirus Could Affect U.S. Jails and Prisons

WebPeople who come into jails and prisons are a very high-risk population for the virus, according to the former chief medical officer of the NYC Correctional Health …

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Government Access to Mobile Phone Data for Contact Tracing

Web13. There is no definition of “record” in the SCA, but courts have interpreted the term to include some data revealing a customer’s location, most notably cell-site …

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Roe v. Wade and Supreme Court Abortion Cases

WebWhat was the impact of the Roe v. Wade decision? Roe significantly reduced maternal mortality.A total of 39 women are known to have died from unsafe abortions in …

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Supreme Court of the United States

Webno. 12-1281 in the supreme court of the united states on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit a (800) 274-3321 • (800) 359-6859 …

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WELCOME TO BRONX TREATMENT COURT (BxTC)

WebYou must be methadone free for at least two months during Phase 3 in order to graduate. Methadone reductions are done only with your consent and on the advice of your …

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supreme court adjudication and the qualifications of supreme …

WebThe Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Our work …

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Brennan Center Letter to Governor Cuomo

Webhave access to it).2 Cramped in close quarters, our nation’s correctional facilities — including those in New York State holding over 40,000 people — are essentially petri …

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