U.S. Civil Rights Policy Digest

A state AG report found Albany County deputy Ryan Cross engaged in a pattern of unjustified detentions, frisks and searches during five traffic...

• Chief Judge John McConnell struck down USCIS policies that blocked asylum, work permits, green cards, and citizenship decisions for applicants from...

The Court's final weeks spotlight clashing priorities across voting, citizenship, and presidential power.

• Voting Rights Act: April ruling gutted...

Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act bars housing discrimination based on religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation,...

The Supreme Court's Republican appointees have accelerated rollbacks across voting rights and criminal justice.

• Voting rights: The Court reinstated...

The Trump administration is coordinating a broad rollback of civil rights tools through agency actions and funding controls.

• EEOC seeks to end...

A federal appeals court heard arguments over whether the National Park Service can remove exhibits on enslaved people at Philadelphia's President’s...

Federal lawmakers are confronting the tension between fostering AI innovation and safeguarding civil liberties through new data privacy rules.

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Two recent ICE and DHS moves highlight ongoing transparency and accountability gaps in immigration enforcement.

• Facial recognition rollout:...

The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that defendants have the right to be present for jury questions.

Fired by the Army Map Service in 1957 after an arrest record exposed his homosexuality, Frank Kameny refused to deny his identity and went on to challenge government policy. His defiance helped ignite the modern gay rights movement.

In Whitton v. Dixon, Justices Thomas and Alito dissented from the Court's holding that post-trial DNA evidence should not have been considered by a...

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