| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Key Terms |
| Xenna K. Davis |
YOUR SHIRT OR YOUR VOTE: WHY TEXAS'S ELECTIONEERING LAW UNCONSTITUTIONALLY INFRINGES VOTERS' FREEDOM OF SPEECH |
54 Texas Tech Law Review 279 (Winter, 2022) |
I. Introduction. 280 II. A Retrospect of the Freedom of Speech. 282 A. The First Amendment's Free Speech Clause. 282 B. Unprotected Speech v. Protected Speech. 283 C. Expressive Conduct and Expressive Association. 284 1. Expressive Conduct. 285 2. Expressive Association in the Context of NAACP and BLM. 286 D. Three Types of Government-Controlled... |
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| Amanda Pulido |
ZERO TO HERO: THE UNAVAILABILITY OF BIVENS AND WHY CONGRESS SHOULD INTERVENE |
16 FIU Law Review 807 (Spring, 2022) |
In Bivens, the Supreme Court held that although 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is silent as to its application to federal agents, the plaintiff had an implied cause of action against federal agents for violation of his constitutional rights. Since this decision, the Court has heavily narrowed the implied Bivens cause of action and punted the decision to Congress... |
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| Sky Leah Ross |
"A SPACE FOR YOU" |
32 Hastings Women's L.J. 109 [Hastings Women's Law Journal] (Winter, 2021) |
This poem was written in remembrance of all the innocent Black lives lost, and in solidarity with the movements that continue the battle for systemic change. A Space for You --Sky Leah Ross I see your anger & frustration, all of the agony you've been through; Lay it down here, let me make a space for you. For all of the pain, all of the hurt, all... |
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| Michael Heise, Jason P. Nance |
"DEFUND THE (SCHOOL) POLICE"? BRINGING DATA TO KEY SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE CLAIMS |
111 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 717 [Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology] (Summer, 2021) |
Nationwide calls to Defund the Police, largely attributable to the resurgent Black Lives Matter demonstrations, have motivated derivative calls for public school districts to consider defunding (or modifying) school resource officer (SRO/police) programs. To be sure, a school's SRO/police presence-- and the size of that presence--may... |
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| Phyllis W. Cheng, Ann M. Noel, and Susan Saylor, Ann M. Noel |
§ 14:3. Ralph Act jury instructions |
TRG-CAFAIR § 14:3 [California Fair Housing and Public Accommodations] (2021) |
California courts have adopted the elements of proof as set out in the California Jury Instructions. (CACI 3064; Black Lives Matter-Stockton Chapter v. San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, 398 F. Supp. 3d 660, 678-679 (E.D. Cal. 2019); Austin B. v. Escondido Union School Dist., 149 Cal. App. 4th 860, 57 Cal. Rptr. 3d 454, 471, 219 Ed. Law Rep. 91... |
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| Shannon Thyme Klinger and Teresa T. Bonder |
§ 39:8.50. The case for creating an organized D&I program-D&I in light of the Black Lives Matter movement |
SPARTNER § 39:8.50 [Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel] (2021) |
In the weeks and months following the killings of George Floyd, Breona Taylor, and Rayshard Brooks (among others), tens of millions of people across the United States took to the streets in protest. These demonstrations, aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement, called for an end to racist policing and other systems of power that perpetuate... |
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¶ 37,587 HOME DEPOT ALLEGEDLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST EMPLOYEE WHO RAISED RACIAL HARASSMENT ISSUES, WORE BLM SLOGAN - NLRB NEWS |
Labor & Empl. L. P 37587 [Labor & Employment Law] (2021) |
By WK Editorial Staff On August 12, the NLRB's Region 18Minneapolis office issued a complaint against Home Depot USA, Inc., alleging that the national home improvement chain discriminated against an employee in a Minneapolis store for raising issues of racial harassment with coworkers and managers and displaying a Black Lives Matter slogan on his... |
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¶ 37,587 HOME DEPOT ALLEGEDLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST EMPLOYEE WHO RAISED RACIAL HARASSMENT ISSUES, WORE BLM SLOGAN - NLRB NEWS |
Labor & Empl. L. P 37587 [Labor & Employment Law] (2021) |
By WK Editorial Staff On August 12, the NLRB's Region 18Minneapolis office issued a complaint against Home Depot USA, Inc., alleging that the national home improvement chain discriminated against an employee in a Minneapolis store for raising issues of racial harassment with coworkers and managers and displaying a Black Lives Matter slogan on his... |
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| Rebecca Beitsch |
Acting attorney general says DOJ will enforce law |
The Hill (1/6/2021) |
Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen condemned the rioters who forced their way into the Capitol Wednesday, saying the Department of Justice (DOJ) would enforce the laws of our land.",...frequently criticized left-leaning protestors. He was particularly vocal as Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country in May and June |
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48 No. 1 Quinlan, School Law Bulletin NL 6 [School Law Bulletin] (1/10/2021) |
Jeff Davis Elementary in the Biloxi School District (BSD) has renamed to Back Bay Elementary in an effort to be more racially conscious. Discussions of racial injustice which were bolstered by the Black Lives Matter movement have inspired many communities across the country to reconsider the public display of Confederate monuments and to update... |
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48 No. 14 Quinlan, School Law Bulletin NL 4 [School Law Bulletin] (7/25/2021) |
East Penn School District (EPSD) is being sued by Maureen and Christopher Brophy, the Christian parents of children in the district. They claim that their children should be exempt from lessons concerning the Black Lives Matter movement that involve lessons about race because it goes against their religious teachings. According to the lawsuit, the... |
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| Joseph Pileri |
ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS: TRUTH, RECONCILIATION, AND CORPORATE AMERICA |
18 Berkeley Bus. L.J. 157 [Berkeley Business Law Journal] (2021) |
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, many American companies issued public statements to support the Black Lives Matter movement and promised steps to address internal racial inequality and systemic racism. Telling Black Americans that their lives matter, Apple CEO Tim Cook promised to bring critical resources and technology to underserved... |
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| Joseph Pileri |
ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS: TRUTH, RECONCILIATION, AND CORPORATE AMERICA |
18 Berkeley Bus. L.J. 157 [Berkeley Business Law Journal] (2021) |
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, many American companies issued public statements to support the Black Lives Matter movement and promised steps to address internal racial inequality and systemic racism. Telling Black Americans that their lives matter, Apple CEO Tim Cook promised to bring critical resources and technology to underserved... |
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| Nathalie Martin |
BAD APPLES OR A ROTTEN TREE: AMELIORATING THE DOUBLE PANDEMIC OF COVID-19 AND RACIAL ECONOMIC INEQUALITY |
82 Mont. L. Rev. 105 [Montana Law Review] (Winter, 2021) |
Black Lives Matter signs pepper our rural, middle class neighborhood. Like many of the neighborhoods in my town, there are few Black Americans living nearby. The signs are a symbol of the desire to do something, finally, about systemic racism. There are other subtle shifts occurring as well. More books on racism top bestsellers lists and more ads... |
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| Alex Gangitano |
Biden criticizes Putin's 'ridiculous comparison' between Capitol rioters and critics |
The Hill (6/16/2021) |
President Biden on Wednesday called Russian President Vladimir Putins comparison of the Black Lives Matter movement and arrests of Jan. 6 rioters to the treatment of pro-democracy protestors in Russia as ridiculous. |
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Biden says there was double standard in treatment of Capitol mob, BLM protesters |
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President-elect Joe Biden said the treatment of the rioters at the Capitol insurrection on Wednesday and of Black Lives Matter protesters last year revealed a blatant double standard in how law enforcement responded to the two groups. |
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| Samy Abdallah |
BLACK LIVES MATTER ABROAD, TOO: PROPOSED SOLUTIONS TO THE RACIALIZED POLICING OF ETHIOPIAN JEWS IN ISRAEL |
27 Wm. & Mary J. Race, Gender & Soc. Just. 515 [William and Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice] (Winter, 2021) |
Introduction I. Overview of the Ethiopian Jewish Presence in Israel A. Who Are the Ethiopian Jewish Minority? B. Escape to Israel from Religious Persecution in Ethiopia C. Settlement in a New Land II. Comparing Palestinians and Ethiopian Jews A. Insular Groups in a White Society B. Views on the Police C. The Rules of Engagement III. Possible... |
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| Catherine Engberg |
BLACK LIVES MATTER AS GOVERNMENT SPEECH |
44-SEP L.A. Law. 10 [Los Angeles Lawyer] (September, 2021) |
In June 2020, communities across California and the world protested and mourned the nationally recognized acts of violence against Black Lives. #Say Their Names compiled a long list of black individuals who lost their lives in 2020 including Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd. A video of the Minneapolis police brutally killing George... |
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| Megan Ming Francis , Leah Wright-Rigueur |
BLACK LIVES MATTER IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE |
17 Ann. Rev. L. & Soc. Sci. 441 [Annual Review of Law and Social Science] (2021) |
Black Lives Matter, violence, protest, Black politics, civil rights, social movements This review examines the Black Lives Matter movement. Despite a growing body of literature focused on explaining the formation and activities of the present Black Lives Matter movement, less attention is given to the historical antecedents. What are earlier Black... |
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| Megan Ming Francis , Leah Wright-Rigueur |
BLACK LIVES MATTER IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE |
17 Ann. Rev. L. & Soc. Sci. 441 [Annual Review of Law and Social Science] (2021) |
Black Lives Matter, violence, protest, Black politics, civil rights, social movements This review examines the Black Lives Matter movement. Despite a growing body of literature focused on explaining the formation and activities of the present Black Lives Matter movement, less attention is given to the historical antecedents. What are earlier Black... |
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| Olafimihan Oshin |
Blinken authorized embassies to fly Black Lives Matter flags on Floyd anniversary: report |
The Hill (5/27/2021) |
Secretary of State Antony Blinken authorized all U.S. embassies overseas to fly flags honoring the Black Lives Matter movement on the anniversary of George Floyds death. |
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| Toni Jaramilla |
BLM: UPRISINGS TO REFORM |
44-JUN L.A. Law. 28 [Los Angeles Lawyer] (June, 2021) |
Echoing many concerns of the 1960s Civil Rights movement, Black Lives Matter has raised awareness that policing should not be an us versus them proposition The words of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., A riot is the language of the unheard, ring as true today as they did in the 1950s and 1960s when he marched and protested during the civil... |
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| Gabrielle M. Haddad |
CONFRONTING THE BIASED ALGORITHM: THE DANGER OF ADMITTING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY RESULTS IN THE COURTROOM |
23 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 891 [Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law] (Summer, 2021) |
From unlocking an iPhone to Facebook tags, facial recognition technology has become increasingly commonplace in modern society. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and call for police reform in the United States, it is important now more than ever to consider the implications of law enforcement's use of facial recognition technology. A... |
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| Zack Budryk |
Cori Bush dismisses concerns of being 'co-opted' by establishment |
The Hill (1/19/2021) |
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who worked as a Black Lives Matter organizer in Ferguson, Mo., before taking office, said in a new interview that she is not at risk of being co-opted by the party establishment. |
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| Wayne D. Garris Jr., J.D. |
DISCRIMINATION-RACE-D. MASS.: NO RACE BIAS, RETALIATION CLAIMS FOR WHOLE FOODS EMPLOYEES BANNED FROM WEARING BLM ATTIRE |
[Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily] (2/8/2021) |
The employees alleged that the grocer had a dress code, but only enforced it when they started to wear Black Lives Matter masks to work. A federal district court in Massachusetts has granted Whole Foods' and Amazon's motions to dismiss the race discrimination claims of a class of current and former employees who claimed that they were punished for... |
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| Jacqueline M. Prats |
DIVERSITY INITIATIVES AND THE BACKLASH OF REVERSE DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS |
95-OCT Fla. B.J. 42 [Florida Bar Journal] (September/October, 2021) |
By now, most Americans have probably heard of the Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements. Although the Black Lives Matter movement had been active for a number of years, it gained international attention in the summer of 2020 when protests broke out across the nation in response to the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Among... |
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| William C.C. Kemp-Neal J.D. |
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM: USING ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING TO LIFT PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY, AND RE-SHAPE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE & POLLUTION IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR |
32 Fordham Envtl. L. Rev. 295 [Fordham Environmental Law Review] (Symposium-Spring, 2021) |
Long before the phrase I can't breathe became a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter activists protesting the deaths of Black people at the hands of police, environmental-justice activists warned that pollution was choking and killing people of color in the U.S. In the mid-1900s the United States began to see a rise in concern for environmental... |
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| Veronica Root Martinez, Gina-Gail S. Fletcher |
EQUALITY METRICS |
130 Yale L.J. Forum 869 [Yale Law Journal Forum] (6/1/2021) |
This time is different. This time the death of another Black man at the hands of white police officers prompted calls for change not only within police departments, but across all aspects of American life. Those calls for change resulted in significant displays of support for the Black Lives Matter movement and interest in how to... |
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| By Keith Lewis, CQ Roll Call |
ESG investing gains traction amid pandemic, Black Lives Matter: survey |
[CQ Roll Call Washington Corporate Governance Briefing] (9/23/2021) |
The environmental, social and governance movement, which seeks to pressure public companies to consider longer-term risks and a broader a range of stakeholders, gained traction amid the pandemic and heightened racial strife in the past year, according to survey of investment professionals. |
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| Aina N. Watkins |
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13950, ON COMBATING RACE AND SEX STEREOTYPING: ITS EFFECT ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS' USE OF DIVERSITY TRAINING |
56-FALL Procurement Law. 10 [Procurement Lawyer] (Fall, 2021) |
In 2020, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that barred federal agencies from conducting diversity training focusing on anti-racism in the United States; the order came after the debut of the 1619 Project (a critical retrospective on race history in the United States), and in the aftermath of a surge in the Black Lives Matter... |
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| G. Alex Sinha |
FALSE FLAGS AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT: LYING THROUGH SYMBOLIC SPEECH |
89 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. Arguendo 133 [George Washington Law Review Arguendo] (November, 2021) |
Ivan Hunter, a leader of the right-wing Boogaloo Bois, recently pleaded guilty to participating in a riot when he fired his AK-47 at the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct during a Black Lives Matter protest in May of 2020. Hunter's target--the home base of Derek Chauvin, the officer captured on video killing George Floyd--burned down at the hands... |
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| Celine Castronuovo |
Feds deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters |
The Hill (8/18/2021) |
A report released Wednesday by racial justice organization The Movement for Black Lives found that the Justice Department (DOJ) under former President Trump intentionally targeted Black Lives Matter protesters with prosecutions in order to disrupt the movement amid last summers wave of civil unrest. |
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| Tyler Valeska |
FIRST AMENDMENT LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PROTEST SURVEILLANCE |
121 Colum. L. Rev. F. 241 [Columbia Law Review Forum] (12/15/2021) |
During and after last year's expansive Black Lives Matter protests, police departments nationwide publicly shared robust video surveillance of protestors. Much of this footage rendered individual protestors identifiable, sometimes in ways that seemed intentional. Such disclosures raise First Amendment concerns under NAACP v. Alabama ex rel.... |
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| Karin M. Long, Editor-in-Chief |
FOREWORD |
30 Annals Health L. & Life Sci. I [Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences] (Summer, 2021) |
The Annals of Health Law & Life Sciences Editorial Board is proud to present the Summer 2021 Issue, the second edition of our thirtieth volume to date. 2020 was a year of change in the United States: at the start of the year, the global COVID-19 pandemic shut down communities, countries and economies, and by the summer, the Black Lives Matter... |
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| Eric K. Yamamoto , Susan K. Serrano |
FOREWORD TO THE REPUBLICATION OF RACIALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
92 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1383 [University of Colorado Law Review] (Special Issue 2021) |
Systemic racism! The burgeoning 2020 Black Lives Matter protests vaulted this formerly whispered phrase into mainstream public consciousness. Through news headlines, social media, educational classes, opinion essays, word of mouth, and more, America grappled with the enormity of racism as a form of oppression of people and communities, as... |
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| Eric K. Yamamoto , Susan K. Serrano |
FOREWORD TO THE REPUBLICATION OF RACIALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
92 U. Colo. L. Rev. 1383 [University of Colorado Law Review] (Special Issue 2021) |
Systemic racism! The burgeoning 2020 Black Lives Matter protests vaulted this formerly whispered phrase into mainstream public consciousness. Through news headlines, social media, educational classes, opinion essays, word of mouth, and more, America grappled with the enormity of racism as a form of oppression of people and communities, as... |
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| Olivia Moulds |
FRACKING THE BEDROCK OF DEMOCRACY: THE UNITED STATES POLICING OF PROTESTS VIOLATES THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY UNDER THE ICCPR |
36 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 887 [American University International Law Review] (2021) |
I. INTRODUCTION. 888 II. BACKGROUND. 889 A. Overview of the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests. 889 i. THE 2020 Black LiveS MATTER MARCHES. 889 ii. UNITED STATES LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO THE 2020 PROTESTS. 891 iii. UNITED STATES LAW ON THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLY. 896 B. Overview of the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights. 899 I.... |
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| Olivia Moulds |
FRACKING THE BEDROCK OF DEMOCRACY: THE UNITED STATES POLICING OF PROTESTS VIOLATES THE RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY UNDER THE ICCPR |
36 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 887 [American University International Law Review] (2021) |
I. INTRODUCTION. 888 II. BACKGROUND. 889 A. Overview of the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests. 889 i. THE 2020 BLACK LIVES MATTER MARCHES. 889 ii. UNITED STATES LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO THE 2020 PROTESTS. 891 iii. UNITED STATES LAW ON THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLY. 896 B. Overview of the International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights. 899 i.... |
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| Norrinda Brown Hayat |
FREEDOM PEDAGOGY: TOWARD TEACHING ANTIRACIST CLINICS |
28 Clinical L. Rev. 149 [Clinical Law Review] (Fall, 2021) |
Like other sectors of society, legal education is undergoing a reckoning in the wake of the 2020 murder of George Floyd, demands for racial justice from the Movement for Black Lives, and related demands for abolitionism and defunding the police. Through the lens of a formal call to action issued by the Rutgers Law School faculty and the author's... |
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| Laura Possessky, Charlene C. Goldfield |
GET THE SCITECH EDGE |
17 No. 2 ABA SciTech Law. 34 [SciTech Lawyer] (Winter, 2021) |
Diversity drives innovation. Although long substantiated by research, the correlation between increased innovation and diversity recently has received more attention in response to Black Lives Matter protests, the #MeToo movement, and other social justice events highlighting inequities on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, and... |
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| Tal Axelrod |
GOP senator says he may have felt unsafe if BLM, antifa had stormed Capitol |
The Hill (3/13/2021) |
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said in an interview this week that he did not feel unsafe during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot but might have if Black Lives Matter protesters or far-left antifa activists had demonstrated there, setting off a new wave of criticism. |
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| Nicolás Quaid Galván , Editor-in-Chief, Volume 11 |
GROWTH IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES |
11 Colum. J. Race & L. 421 [Columbia Journal of Race and Law] (July, 2021) |
Our Journal has published in unprecedented times. This year, we have gone to the streets to declare what should be a universal truth: Black Lives Matter. We have chanted the names of unarmed Black persons who have been killed by the state. This time, our demands for justice were not lost. In fact, a form of justice was delivered by a jury in... |
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Habeas Corpus Reform and Black Lives Matter: A Historical Perspective |
57 NO 5 CRIMLAWBULL ART 3 [Criminal Law Bulletin] (2021) |
J.D., Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, 2021. Thank you to Professor Valena Beety for her guidance and encouragement in creating this Article. Thank you also to the editors of the Criminal Law Bulletin for their careful editing and thoughtful suggestions. |
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| Travis D. Jones |
HUMANS LONG IGNORED: REVISITING NEPA'S DEFINITION OF "HUMAN ENVIRONMENT" IN THE ERA OF BLACK LIVES MATTER |
32 Vill. Envtl. L.J. 1 [Villanova Environmental Law Journal] (2021) |
In 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement brought state-sanctioned violence against African Americans to the forefront of public discourse. In the wake of the horrific killing of George Floyd, highly charged protests exploded around the country, from Washington D.C. to Dallas to Portland. Across the internet, social media timelines and profile... |
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| Travis D. Jones |
HUMANS LONG IGNORED: REVISITING NEPA'S DEFINITION OF "HUMAN ENVIRONMENT" IN THE ERA OF BLACK LIVES MATTER |
32 Vill. Envtl. L.J. 1 [Villanova Environmental Law Journal] (2021) |
In 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement brought state-sanctioned violence against African Americans to the forefront of public discourse. In the wake of the horrific killing of George Floyd, highly charged protests exploded around the country, from Washington D.C. to Dallas to Portland. Across the internet, social media timelines and profile... |
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| Monica C. Bell , Katherine Beckett , Forrest Stuart |
INVESTING IN ALTERNATIVES: THREE LOGICS OF CRIMINAL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT |
11 UC Irvine L. Rev. 1291 [UC Irvine Law Review] (August, 2021) |
What logics underlie the call to defund the police, and how do those logics matter in policy debate? In the wake of widespread protests after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other victims of police violence during the summer of 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement's call to defund the police captured the national imagination.... |
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Investment Adviser Asks for SEC Disclosure Rulemaking on Financial Support for BLM |
WGL-ACCTALERT VOL 15 NO 115 [Vol. 15, No. 115] (6/17/2021) |
William Michael Cunningham, founder of Creative Investment Research, petitioned the SEC to start rulemaking to develop a framework requiring public companies that have promised financial support for Black Lives Matter to disclose all activity related to that pledge in a timely manner. His petition comes amid nationwide effort to address... |
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| By Sarah Wynn, CQ Roll Call |
Lawmakers call for follow-through on racial equity vows by companies, banks |
[CQ Roll Call Washington Securities Enforcement & Litigation Briefing] (6/30/2021) |
Financial services companies and banks need to honor commitments to close the racial wealth gap they made following the murder of George Floyd last year and the Black Lives Matter nationwide protests, lawmakers said at a hearing. |
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| Kevin E. Davis |
LEGAL RESPONSES TO BLACK SUBORDINATION, GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES |
134 Harv. L. Rev. F. 359 [Harvard Law Review Forum] (6/1/2021) |
[I]n order to win and bring as many people with us along the way, we must move beyond the narrow nationalism that is all too prevalent in Black communities. --Black Lives Matter Around the world, people of African descent (Afro-descendants)--to use one of the broadest possible definitions of Blackness--are overrepresented among the poor and... |
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| Dayton Campbell-Harris |
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF |
30 Wash. Int'l L.J. vi [Washington International Law Journal] (March, 2021) |
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them--Ida B. Wells The Washington International Law Journal is proud to present this special-edition issue: A Global Reckoning: Answering Calls for Change. Combating racism and majority-group supremacy in all its forms is always necessary. This was true before the Black Lives Matter... |
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