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As governors and mayors rush to stem the spread of COVID-19 throughout the country, and as healthcare workers make difficult resource allocation decisions, they...
A critical piece of Congress’ coronavirus relief bill, the CARES Act, provides for direct payments to American households. Most individuals are scheduled to receive...
Epidemiologists project that, even with strict social distancing, about 81,670 people in the United States will die from COVID-19 infections before June 1. That’s...
One week ago, immigrants’ rights groups filed an emergency motion seeking the release of noncitizens nationwide who are detained and vulnerable to the disease....
Like any workplace, the federal judiciary is vulnerable to instances of sexual harassment and abuse. Clerks, in particular, are vulnerable to such treatment. The...
In 2018, Florida voters ratified Amendment 4, a state ballot initiative granting the right to vote to most formerly incarcerated people in the state...
After Michigan voters used the ballot initiative process to enact several measures to which the state legislature was opposed, legislators enacted a statute in 2018...