Jennifer Morinigo | September 30, 2016 | American Indian Law
In Lewis v. Clarke, the justices will consider the scope of tribes’ sovereign immunity. The dispute began in 2011 when plaintiffs Brian and Michelle Lewis were hit by a limousine driven by William Clarke, a limousine driver who worked for the Mohegan Tribal Gaming...
Jennifer Morinigo | September 27, 2016 | Policing
The Brennan Center for Justice and the Policing Project teamed up to host policing experts at a day-long conference, Policing and Accountability in the Digital Age, at NYU Law. The series of panels discussed the opportunities and challenges presented by rapid advances...
Jennifer Morinigo | September 23, 2016 | Policing
Policing project Adviser Sherrilyn Ifill joined civil rights activist DeRay McKesson and Google’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, for a Google Zeitgeist event on policing tactics, systemic racism, changing policy...
Jennifer Morinigo | September 21, 2016 | Policing
On Tuesday, September 20, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the act of fleeing from police is not enough for a police officer to view the person as suspicious, particularly if the person is a black man. In the Commonwealth v. Jimmy Warren opinion,...
Jennifer Morinigo | September 12, 2016 | American Indian Law
Last week a judge ruled that construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline may proceed, with the exception of an area in North Dakota. In the ruling, the judge noted that “the United States’ relationship with the Indian tribes has been contentious and...