Jennifer Morinigo | September 23, 2016 | Policing
Policing project Adviser Sherrilyn Ifill joined civil rights activist DeRay McKesson and Google’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, for a Google Zeitgeist event on policing tactics, systemic racism, changing policy...
Jennifer Morinigo | September 21, 2016 | Policing
On Tuesday, September 20, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the act of fleeing from police is not enough for a police officer to view the person as suspicious, particularly if the person is a black man. In the Commonwealth v. Jimmy Warren opinion,...
Jennifer Morinigo | September 12, 2016 | American Indian Law
Last week a judge ruled that construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline may proceed, with the exception of an area in North Dakota. In the ruling, the judge noted that “the United States’ relationship with the Indian tribes has been contentious and...
Jennifer Morinigo | September 6, 2016 | Sexual Assault
The definition of Consent has been one of the most hotly debated issues in the project. Although it comprises only a single subsection of the Definitions section (Section 213.0(3)), “consent” is the principal concept used to distinguish lawful from unlawful sexual...
Jennifer Morinigo | August 31, 2016 | American Indian Law
In an opinion filed on August 3, 2016, the Texas Court of Appeals reinstated state court jurisdiction in an Indian Child Custody Dispute. Read the full opinion (Villarreal v. Villarreal). SHARE Jennifer Morinigo The American Law...
