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During the fall student conferences, we facilitate a workshop called “Leveling the Playing Field,” which explains the basics of Title IX to high school students.

In this article, Radley Balko reminds us that the “national conversation on race” whi

The New York Times has an important editorial today about felon disenfranchisement.

The Obama Administration has failed to restore civil liberties when it comes to immigration.

In the last Congress, then-Congressman Tom Allen introduced a real repeal of REAL ID.  This year, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) has taken on that charge.  The bill number is H.R.347.  You can read it online at www.thomas.gov.  Neither Congresswoman Chellie Pingree nor Congressman Mike Michaud are listed as co-sponsors yet.  Unfortunately, there is no Senate counterpart to this bill at this time.  Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe could do Maine and the country a service by introducing similar legislation. 

Yesterday, there was an interim meeting of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee of the legislature.  The

We’re still talking about Mohammed Jawad, because a critical question has yet to be resolved. The question is best articulated by Jawad’s military lawyer, Major David J.R.

 

Mohammed Jawad: A case highlighting the absence of habeas corpus for a minor being detained based on evidence obtained through coercion and torture, and set to be tried in an unconstitutional court system.