Eric Goldman was quoted by Committee to Protect Journalists about how Section 230 reform could have unintended consequences for the press; to WGN AM radio, the East Bay Times and Yahoo News about Twitter banning Trump; to the Mercury News…
Brad Joondeph spoke to KRON news about the constitutionality of Trump pardoning those who took part in the capitol breach of January 6, 2021.
Linda Starr was quoted by the East Bay Times and Mercury News about possibilities for criminal justice reform with the next California Attorney General, now that former AG Xavier Becerra has taken a position in President Biden’s cabinet. Becerra’s office…
Deep Gulasekaram spoke with KQED radio on Biden’s day 1 immigration reform plan. With its goal of legalizing the vast majority of undocumented people, Biden’s immigration reform plan is much more ambitious than proposals from recent past administrations, said Deep…
David Ball was quoted by Mission Local and the Sacramento Bee about how a parolee who was arrested and released from jail five times in seven months allegedly struck and killed two people on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco.…
Francisco Rivera Juaristi was quoted by Capital and Main and MSN.com about the possibility of Trump administration officials being prosecuted for immigration policies. According to Francisco Rivera Juaristi, founding director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara University…
Deep Gulasekaram was quoted in a Buzzfeed article about Trump’s Department of Homeland Security signing agreements with multiple states that appear to be an effort to hamstring the Biden administration’s goals to pause deportations, prioritize immigration arrests to only those…
Ruth Silver Taube was quoted in a Mercury News article about the the Milpitas City Council’s unanimous vote to create a “responsible construction ordinance” that will require developers and builders seeking to get a project approved to sign an acknowledgement…
Michael Vargas wrote an article for San Jose Spotlight about the need to expand the federal judiciary. “Over the past 30 years, California’s population has grown by 33% and its GDP has more than doubled, resulting in a significant rise…
Colleen Chien wrote an article published by Michigan Law Review titled “America’s Paper Prisons: The Second Chance Gap“. Excerpt: “Over the last decade, dozens of states and the federal government have enacted “second chance” reforms that increase the eligibility of…