The city of Fresno, California, has been trying to prevent citizens from documenting sweeps of homeless encampments in town. The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU NorCal) is suing to try to stop this violation of First Amendment rights. The ACLU NorCal complaint takes aim at an amendment to a city ordinance approved […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it is scrapping part of a pandemic-related immigration health order that required the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expel unaccompanied migrant children. In 2020, President Donald Trump enacted a pandemic health order, Title 42, under which Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials must expel migrants […]
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed a class action lawsuit this month against Jefferson County Correctional Facility, saying the jail denied inmates adequate access to medication for opioid use disorder. The complaint alleges that Jefferson County Correctional Facility banned medications, like methadone and buprenorphine, to treat opioid addiction—a chronic lifelong disorder after repeated […]
A federal appeals court has ruled that the government cannot use a pandemic public health order to expel migrant families back into countries, particularly Mexico and Central American countries, where they may face persecution or torture. Back in 2020, President Donald Trump invoked Title 42 of the Public Health Service Act, which gives federal health […]
As part of a new pilot program, San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies at a county jail will wear body cameras following a state audit that found that the deputies did not adequately prevent or respond to inmate deaths. In a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature, acting California State Auditor Michael Tilden […]
An ambitious new bill called the Cannabis Freedom Act from Missouri state Rep. Ron Hicks (R–St. Charles County) aims to legalize recreational marijuana consumption, provide relief to nonviolent offenders who used the drug, and allow restaurants, bars, and other private venues to sell cannabis. The bill would allow adults aged 21 or older to purchase […]
