Category: Human Rights Law

When Reporting Becomes a Crime: Newsgathering and Criminal Liability

Mofe Koya examines the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort in Minneapolis, Minnesota following their controversial coverage of anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests. She begins by discussing the circumstances surrounding the arrests before turning to an analysis of First Amendment protections for journalists and the essential role of the press in a democratic society. The article concludes by considering the broader implications of the arrests, including the precedent it may set and the policy considerations courts will need to address moving forward.

Stay Awake or Be Arrested: The Increasing Criminalization of Homelessness

In this article, Jasmyn Hardin analyzes the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in City of Grant Pass v. Johnson, which legalized increasingly aggressive measures to criminalize homelessness. She argues that governments have diverted their efforts from addressing root causes, instead defaulting to criminalizing homeless individuals for their status rather than their actions.

Dobbs: The Impact Beyond the Doctor’s Office

Jasmyn Hardin goes beyond the detrimental impacts that abortion restrictions have had on women’s health to examine the broader effects on the healthcare system and society at large. She argues that these policies are erecting new societal barriers while simultaneously exacerbating systemic failures, disproportionately worsening health disparities among groups that have historically faced societal oppression.

The Sad Case of Happy the Elephant

Managing Editor Danny O’Connor explores the New York Court of Appeals ruling from this past summer on the habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Happy the Elephant. While the state’s high court declared that Happy is not entitled to habeas relief, the majority and dissenting opinions contemplated some of the law’s deepest questions.

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