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Why a Tuesday in November? An Original Intent Argument for Increased Voter Accessibility
November 25, 2020
By: Peter Schuetz (Articles Editor) Regardless of political party, I think we can all agree the 2020 presidential election was a stressful mess. Despite Election...
Does the Minneapolis Police Department Traffic Stop Data Reveal Racial Bias?
November 24, 2020
Does the Minneapolis Police Department Traffic Stop Data Reveal Racial Bias? [1] Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the...
2020 Summit for Civil Rights - Who's Profiting?
November 23, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQwcA8EbcGo Day 2 of the Summit began with a welcome from Dean William M. Treanor of the Georgetown University Law Center. Congressman Robert “Bobby” Scott...
2020 Summit for Civil Rights - Is America Ready for a 2nd Reconstruction? A 3rd "Founding"?
November 23, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itcLnxx0wBY In the second panel of Day 2, “Is America Ready for a 2nd Reconstruction? A 3rd “Founding”?” Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of...
2020 Summit for Civil Rights - The State of American Apartheid
November 20, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwpaaTbEFEA&feature=youtu.be In “The State of American Apartheid”, scholars and on-the-ground activists discuss the history of school segregation, and, even six decades after Brown v. Board...
Elder Evictions: Relief Coming 2021
November 19, 2020
Image Attribution: Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune By Abigail Hanson, Lead Managing Editor Effective August 2021, Minnesota will have a long overdue safeguard for our state’s...
Avoiding Atkins: How Tennessee is on the Verge of Unconstitutionally Executing an Individual with Intellectual Disabilities
November 18, 2020
Image Courtesy of Attorneys for Pervis Payne AVOIDING ATKINS: HOW TENNESSEE IS ON THE VERGE OF UNCONSTITUTIONALLY EXECUTING AN INDIVIDUAL WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES Daniel Kiel...
2020 Summit for Civil Rights - The State of Multi-Racial America and Black Power
November 16, 2020
In “The State Of Multi-Racial America And Black Power” panel, AG Ellison began his keynote speech by acknowledging the efforts of the common people protesting...
2020 Summit for Civil Rights - Opening Statements
November 16, 2020
The Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality (JLI) co-hosted the virtual 2020 Summit for Civil Rights with the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity and Georgetown Law's...