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'As law enforcement, our role isn't just to enforce the law but to ensure justice is served fairly across all communities.' – Washtenaw Co Sheriff Jerry Clayton in #BrennanCenterLIVE 's Misdemeanors by the Numbers. Listen today: bit.ly/49ExMSe
The Brennan Legacy Awards dinner this week was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the work of colleagues at Brennan Center and the honorees Ohio Organizing Collaborative Chief Justice O’Connor Secretary Gina Raimondo & come together as a community in the fight for democracy 💪🏻
A FOIA lawsuit by Brennan Center and Data for Black Lives uncovered years of unchecked social media surveillance by DC police. The internal records we obtained show that First Amendment rights are at risk. bit.ly/3JHqEtS
Ohio voters must take control away from self-interested politicians to make fair maps a reality. The CitizensNotPoliticians campaign is working to amend the OH Constitution this November to establish a citizen-led independent redistricting process:
bit.ly/4b4Slbu
Officeholders experience rampant abuse, and it's impeding on their ability to legislate and more. 'Unaddressed, the problem stands to endanger not just individual politicians but...[the] functioning of representative democracy,' our report in CalMatters. calmatters.org/politics/2024/…
KF senior fellow Maureen O’Connor has been recognized with the prestigious Brennan Legacy Award, from the Brennan Center, for her relentless efforts to combat gerrymandering & uphold the principles of #democracy in OH. ow.ly/mxKX50RvGbB
LEL was proud to cosponsor this #BrennanCenterLIVE podcast on finding solutions to misdemeanors moderated by Ruby Nidiry & featuring LEL’s Washtenaw Co Sheriff Jerry Clayton - listen here:
My Brennan Center colleague brianna seid (she/her) and I explain last week’s 4–3 decision by the NY Court of Appeals to overturn film producer Harvey Weinstein’s sex-crimes conviction brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…
NEW: Recreational marijuana will be on the ballot for Florida voters to decide this November. But even if they vote 'yes,' there will be ways for lawmakers to chip away at or undermine it during implementation. Jonathan Marshfield explains.
statecourtreport.org/our-work/analy…
An honor to accept this award on behalf of Ohio Organizing Collaborative and celebrate the efforts of thousands of Ohioans to defend our democracy and restore power to the people.
'As law enforcement, our role isn't just to enforce the law but to ensure justice is served fairly across all communities.' – Sheriff Jerry Clayton in #BrennanCenterLIVE 's Misdemeanors by the Numbers. Listen today: bit.ly/49ExMSe
.Secretary Gina Raimondo fue galardonada con el Brennan Center Legacy Award por su dedicación al fortalecimiento de la democracia. Fue una de las primeras gobernadoras en promulgar el registro automático de votantes y ahora es una defensora de la regulación de la #InteligenciaArtificial .
