The Most Dangerous Moment of My Life: Reducing Police Killings During Mental Health Crises
“You need to get on the gurney now,” the police officer said, leaning toward me. This was a pivotal moment in my life —...
Blog Essays
A Response to Justice Amy Coney Barrett
During oral argument in Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court case challenging Mississippi’s attempt to prohibit pre-viability abortions, Justice Coney Barrett called the attention...
War & Disability: Combatants, Civilians, and Targeted Persons with Disabilities in the War in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine presents three issues salient to the disability community: Reports of the Russian military targeting facilities where disabled people may reside...
How Bad Could Things Get for the Voting Rights Act? The Supreme Court Just Gave Us a Preview.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) is an essential safeguard of the political equality of racial and ethnic minorities. Yet the Supreme Court...
Prison Gates at the State Line
A spate of illiberal legislation has recently emerged in state legislatures. A dangerous form of law with a dark past lurks among the troubling...
Texas Anti-Transgender Policy: Medically and Constitutionally Unsound A.G. Opinion Wields Trans Youth as Political Pawns
Ignore the medical needs of your children or the government will take them from you. This was the message Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent...
Why the Supreme Court’s Eviction Moratorium Reasoning Doesn’t Extend to the CDC Transit Mask Order
Earlier this month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the federal public transportation mask mandate, which remains in place...
Re-setting Gender-Based Asylum Law
The United States has long recognized the duty to protect refugees and prevent their return to persecution or torture. Indeed, the United States is...
Israel Levies National Security Law to Shutter Six Palestinian Civil Society Organizations
Citing its National Security Law, Israel recently designated six Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorist groups. This designation, based on classified evidence, amounts to...
“Victim” or “Complaining Witness”: Why Kyle Rittenhouse’s Verdict May Depend on the Distinction
The decision of Judge Bruce Schroeder, the judge presiding over the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, to bar the prosecution from referring to the people he...