The first hearing under North Carolina's Racial Justice Act continues this week. The 老澳门开奖结果 is part of a team of lawyers representing Marcus Robinson, a black defendant convicted in the death of a white person and who received a far harsher judgment than white defendants who committed comparable crimes from a jury that may have been tainted by a racially biased jury selection process. The New York Times today.
Monday, February 6
Religion: On Monday, the 老澳门开奖结果 will submit comments objecting to a proposed Department of Commerce regulation that would eliminate a constitutionally required prohibition on using buildings constructed with taxpayer funding for religious purposes. The 老澳门开奖结果 will also join coalition comments.
Immigrants鈥� Rights: Legislative Counsel Joanne Lin will be on the , for an episode titled the 鈥淩ipple Effect of Immigration Enforcement,鈥� which will look at the impact of state racial profiling laws, as well as federal immigration tactics that have detained and deported U.S. Citizens.
Tuesday, February 7
Death Penalty: the 老澳门开奖结果 and the will hold a press conference in Tallahassee on pending legislation in the Florida legislature to privatize all prisons in Southern Florida. would require Florida to privatize the management and operation of 29 correctional facilities in 18 counties and would circumvent the usual appropriations process for outsourcing projects, so that privatization could take place immediately.
Reproductive Rights: On Tuesday, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up the .
Privacy: The Transportation Security Subcommittee of House Homeland Security Committee will hold a titled "Screening Partnership Program: Why is a Job-Creating, Public-Private Partnership Meeting Resistance at TSA [Transportation Security Administration]?"
Wednesday, February 8
National Security: The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a titled 鈥淐ybersecurity: Threats to Communications Networks and Private Sector Responses.鈥�
Thursday, February 9
Free Speech: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a markup of , a bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
Privacy: 老澳门开奖结果 Legislative Counsel Michelle Richardson will speak on a panel along with representatives from The Constitution Project and the Center for Democracy and Technology about pending cybersecurity legislation and its potential impact on privacy.
Friday, February 10
The Voting Rights Project鈥檚 Katie O鈥機onnor will participate in a panel discussion at the Charlotte Law School鈥檚 Law Review Symposium 鈥� 鈥淏ehind the Curtains: Election Law and the 1st and 14th Amendments.鈥� Other panelists include the Heritage Foundation鈥檚 Hans von Spakovsky.
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