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July 6, 2020
Marjorie Cohn
Protesters Attacked by Police Are Suing to Vindicate Their Constitutional Rights
Protesters Attacked by Police Are Suing to Vindicate Their Constitutional Rights By Marjorie Cohn Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/protesters-attacked-by-police-are-suing-to-vindicate-their-constitutional-rights/ Protesters demonstrating against white supremacy and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s public lynching have been met with illegal repression by law enforcement. Police have utilized toxic chemical and sonic weapons, dangerous projectiles, intrusive surveillance, physical …
July 1, 2020
Charlotte Walker
COVID Trillions: The HEROES Act, An Infrastructure Bill, And The Death of 25% Of US Small Businesses
Since the last of our recent trilogy of blog posts covering the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief add Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), much has occurred to reveal the Act’s bias toward big business and the wealthy and its vulnerability to fraud and abuse. This time has also exposed the …
July 1, 2020
Charlotte Walker
COVID-19 and Finance: How U.S. Citizens Cover Their Bills During the Coronavirus Pandemic
According to the U.S. Labor Department’s latest statistics, as for July 2020, at least 10 million more people are jobless compared with pre-pandemic levels. Layoffs once deemed temporary have turned into permanent job loss. Nowadays, millions are still filing for unemployment benefits each week. However, the unemployment allowance can’t cover …
June 30, 2020
Marjorie Cohn
The Fine Line Between the Criminals and the Cops: A Review of Mike Avery’s “The Cooperating Witness”
Susan Sorella is in her last year at Suffolk Law School in Boston. When she began clerking for criminal defense lawyer Bobby Coughlin, Susan had no idea she would become a central figure in a murder case that pitted the mob against corrupt FBI agents. Or that she would be …
June 30, 2020
Marjorie Cohn
Trump’s Illegal Use of Military Against Anti-Racist Uprisings Portends Battles Ahead
The backlash against Donald Trump’s illegal show of military force against anti-racist protesters compelled him to withdraw the troops — for now. But we must continue raising the illegality of this use of the military and pushing for barriers to guard against future such deployments. The threat of a resurgence …