Vol. 131 No. 8 In 1989 Attorney General Richard Thornburgh touted the benefits of civil asset forfeiture, describing how it enables “a drug dealer to serve time in...
Vol. 131 No. 8 Of the roughly 450,000 Americans who are in local jails awaiting trial, many are there because they are poor. When people with economic resources...
Vol. 131 No. 7 Introduction Since Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown in 2014, the problem of police violence against African Americans has been a relatively salient...
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Jennings v. Rodriguez raised the momentous question of whether the government can indefinitely detain people without a hearing. If...
What if Donald Trump pardons people identified as targets by Robert Mueller before, during, or after they are prosecuted in federal court? Would those...
In February, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office published an analysis concluding that drivers living in the state’s predominantly minority communities are charged higher auto...
Response to Why Puerto Rico Does Not Need Further Experimentation with Its Future: A Reply to the Notion of “Territorial Federalism”
Americans who call U.S. territories home face unprecedented challenges. Six months after Hurricanes Maria and Irma wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico and the U.S....