| Author | Title | Citation | Document Type | Status | Summary | Year |
| Rep. Dylan Fernandes (D) |
2021 MA H.B. 3718 (NS) |
2021 Massachusetts House Bill No. 3718, The 192nd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2/19/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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An Act teaching anti-racism in Massachusetts schools Section 72. (a) There shall be a permanent commission on anti-racist education to consist of: the commissioner of elementary and secondary education or a designee; 1 member appointed by the Massachusetts Asian American Commission; 1 member appointed by the Latino Advisory Commission; 1 member appointed by the by the Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs; 3 historians specializing in racism in America appointed by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education; 2 members appointed by the Boston branch of NAACP... |
2021 |
| Delegate W. Fisher |
2021 MD H.B. 121 (NS) |
2021 Maryland House Bill No. 121, Maryland 442nd Session of the General Assembly, 2021 (1/13/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) HOUSE BILL 121 D5, F2, I4 1lr1081 HB 1201/20 - HGO (PRE-FILED) By: Delegate W. Fisher Requested: October 22, 2020 Introduced and read first time: January 13, 2021 Assigned to: Health and Government Operations A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT concerning State Government - Maryland Reparations Commission - Establishment (Harriet Tubman Community Investment Act) FOR the purpose of establishing the Maryland Reparations Commission; providing for the composition, staffing, chair and vice... |
2021 |
| Barron, Charles |
2021 NY A.B. 2619 (NS) |
2021 New York Assembly Bill No. 2619, New York Two Hundred Forty-Fourth Legislative Session (1/19/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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BARRON, PRETLOW, DICKENS, AUBRY, WALKER, WILLIAMS, RICHARDSON, SOLAGES, PICHARDO, RODRIGUEZ, PEOPLES-STOKES, COOK, J. RIVERA, DE LA ROSA, PERRY, VANEL, HYNDMAN, CAHILL, JEAN-PIERRE, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, TAYLOR, DILAN, DARLING, JOYNER, BENEDETTO, EPSTEIN, REYES, FRONTUS, SIMON, RAMOS, FERNANDEZ, CRUZ, Relates to acknowledging the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the city of New York and the state of New York; establishes the New York state community commission on reparations remedies to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de... |
2021 |
| Barron, Charles |
2021 NY A.B. 2619 (NS) |
2021 New York Assembly Bill No. 2619, New York Two Hundred Forty-Fourth Legislative Session (6/4/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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BARRON, PRETLOW, DICKENS, AUBRY, WALKER, WILLIAMS, RICHARDSON, SOLAGES, PICHARDO, RODRIGUEZ, PEOPLES-STOKES, COOK, J. RIVERA, DE LA ROSA, PERRY, VANEL, HYNDMAN, CAHILL, JEAN-PIERRE, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, TAYLOR, DILAN, DARLING, JOYNER, BENEDETTO, EPSTEIN, REYES, FRONTUS, SIMON, RAMOS, FERNANDEZ, CRUZ, Relates to acknowledging the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the city of New York and the state of New York; establishes the New York state community commission on reparations remedies to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de... |
2021 |
| Sanders, Jr., James |
2021 NY S.B. 1118 (NS) |
2021 New York Senate Bill No. 1118, New York Two Hundred Forty-Fourth Legislative Session (1/7/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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SANDERS Relates to acknowledging the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the city of New York and the state of New York; establishes the New York state community commission on reparations remedies to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, the impact of these forces on living African-Americans and to make recommendations on appropriate remedies; makes an appropriation therefor; and provides for the repeal of such provisions. STATE OF NEW YORK... |
2021 |
| Brisport, Jabari (F) |
2021 NY S.B. 7215 (NS) |
2021 New York Senate Bill No. 7215, New York Two Hundred Forty-Fourth Legislative Session (6/7/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Establishes the New York state community commission on reparations remedies. STATE OF NEW YORK _ 7215 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 7, 2021 _ Introduced by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery in the city of New York and the state of New York; to establish the New York state community commission on reparations remedies, to examine... |
2021 |
| SENATOR FREDERICK |
2021 OR S.B. 618 (NS) |
2021 Oregon Senate Bill No. 618, Oregon Eighty-First Legislative Assembly (1/11/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Relating to reparations for slavery. 81st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2021 Regular Session Senate Bill 618 Sponsored by Senator FREDERICK (at the request of former Representative Tiffiny Mitchell) (Presession filed.) SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study methods of providing reparations for slavery to... |
2021 |
| SENATOR FREDERICK |
2021 OR S.B. 618 (NS) |
2021 Oregon Senate Bill No. 618, Oregon Eighty-First Legislative Assembly (1/11/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Relating to reparations for slavery. 81st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2021 Regular Session Senate Bill 618 Sponsored by Senator FREDERICK (at the request of former Representative Tiffiny Mitchell) (Presession filed.) SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study methods of providing reparations for slavery to... |
2021 |
| SENATOR FREDERICK |
2021 OR S.B. 619 (NS) |
2021 Oregon Senate Bill No. 619, Oregon Eighty-First Legislative Assembly (1/11/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Relating to reparations for slavery. 81st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2021 Regular Session Senate Bill 619 Sponsored by Senator FREDERICK (at the request of former Representative Tiffiny Mitchell) (Presession filed.) SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Directs Department of Revenue to establish program to pay reparations to Black Oregonians who can demonstrate... |
2021 |
| SENATOR FREDERICK |
2021 OR S.B. 619 (NS) |
2021 Oregon Senate Bill No. 619, Oregon Eighty-First Legislative Assembly (1/11/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Relating to reparations for slavery. 81st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2021 Regular Session Senate Bill 619 Sponsored by Senator FREDERICK (at the request of former Representative Tiffiny Mitchell) (Presession filed.) SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Directs Department of Revenue to establish program to pay reparations to Black Oregonians who can demonstrate... |
2021 |
| SENATOR FREDERICK |
2021 OR S.J.M. 4 (NS) |
2021 Oregon Senate Joint Memorial No. 4, Oregon Eighty-First Legislative Assembly (1/11/2021) |
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Urging Congress to enact legislation to begin process of implementing reparations for African Americans based on slavery and discrimination. 81st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2021 Regular Session Senate Joint Memorial 4 Sponsored by Senator FREDERICK (at the request of former Representative Tiffiny Mitchell) (Presession filed.) SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced.... |
2021 |
| SENATOR FREDERICK |
2021 OR S.J.M. 4 (NS) |
2021 Oregon Senate Joint Memorial No. 4, Oregon Eighty-First Legislative Assembly (1/11/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Urging Congress to enact legislation to begin process of implementing reparations for African Americans based on slavery and discrimination. 81st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2021 Regular Session Senate Joint Memorial 4 Sponsored by Senator FREDERICK (at the request of former Representative Tiffiny Mitchell) (Presession filed.) SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced.... |
2021 |
| SENATOR FREDERICK, |
2021 OR S.J.M. 4 (NS) |
2021 Oregon Senate Joint Memorial No. 4, Oregon Eighty-First Legislative Assembly (6/8/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Urging Congress to enact legislation to begin process of implementing reparations for African Americans based on slavery and discrimination. 81st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2021 Regular Session Enrolled Senate Joint Memorial 4 Sponsored by Senators FREDERICK, MANNING JR; Senator WAGNER, Representatives DEXTER, KOTEK, PHAM, POWER, REARDON, REYNOLDS, SALINAS (at the request of former Representative Tiffiny Mitchell) (Presession filed.) To the President of the United States and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled: We, your... |
2021 |
| SENATOR FREDERICK, |
2021 OR S.J.M. 4 (NS) |
2021 Oregon Senate Joint Memorial No. 4, Oregon Eighty-First Legislative Assembly (6/8/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Urging Congress to enact legislation to begin process of implementing reparations for African Americans based on slavery and discrimination. 81st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2021 Regular Session Enrolled Senate Joint Memorial 4 Sponsored by Senators FREDERICK, MANNING JR; Senator WAGNER, Representatives DEXTER, KOTEK, PHAM, POWER, REARDON, REYNOLDS, SALINAS (at the request of former Representative Tiffiny Mitchell) (Presession filed.) To the President of the United States and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled: We, your... |
2021 |
| Reynolds |
2021 TX H.C.R. 63 (NS) |
2021 Texas House Concurrent Resolution No. 63, Texas Eighty-Seventh Legislature (3/12/2021) |
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Urging Congress to pass H.R. 40 to establish the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. 87R10141 TBO-D By: Reynolds H.C.R. No. 63 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, During a span of nearly 250 years, beginning in 1619 and continuing until 1865, millions of Africans and their descendants were enslaved and forced into uncompensated labor in the United States and the 13 American colonies that preceded the founding of this nation; and WHEREAS, The enslavement of Africans and their descendants was constitutionally sanctioned by the final draft of the... |
2021 |
| Reynolds |
2021 TX H.C.R. 7 (NS) |
2021 Texas House Concurrent Resolution No. 7, Texas Eighty-Seventh Legislature - 1st Called Session (7/7/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Urging Congress to pass H.R. 40 to establish the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. 87S10186 BHH-D By: Reynolds H.C.R. No. 7 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, During a span of nearly 250 years, beginning in 1619 and continuing until 1865, millions of Africans and their descendants were enslaved and forced into uncompensated labor in the United States and the 13 American colonies that preceded the founding of this nation; and WHEREAS, The enslavement of Africans and their descendants was constitutionally sanctioned by the final draft of the... |
2021 |
| Reynolds |
2021 TX H.C.R. 7 (NS) |
2021 Texas House Concurrent Resolution No. 7, Texas Eighty-Seventh Legislature - 1st Called Session (7/8/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Urging Congress to pass H.R. 40 to establish the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. 87S10186 BHH-D By: Reynolds H.C.R. No. 7 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, During a span of nearly 250 years, beginning in 1619 and continuing until 1865, millions of Africans and their descendants were enslaved and forced into uncompensated labor in the United States and the 13 American colonies that preceded the founding of this nation; and WHEREAS, The enslavement of Africans and their descendants was constitutionally sanctioned by the final draft of the... |
2021 |
| Reynolds |
2021 TX H.C.R. 7 (NS) |
2021 Texas House Concurrent Resolution No. 7, Texas Eighty-Seventh Legislature - 3rd Called Session (9/17/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Urging Congress to pass H.R. 40 to establish the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. 87S30146 CJM-D By: Reynolds H.C.R. No. 7 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, During a span of nearly 250 years, beginning in 1619 and continuing until 1865, millions of Africans and their descendants were enslaved and forced into uncompensated labor in the United States and the 13 American colonies that preceded the founding of this nation; and WHEREAS, The enslavement of Africans and their descendants was constitutionally sanctioned by the final draft of the... |
2021 |
| Reynolds |
2021 TX H.C.R. 7 (NS) |
2021 Texas House Concurrent Resolution No. 7, Texas Eighty-Seventh Legislature - 3rd Called Session (9/27/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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Urging Congress to pass H.R. 40 to establish the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. 87S30146 CJM-D By: Reynolds H.C.R. No. 7 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, During a span of nearly 250 years, beginning in 1619 and continuing until 1865, millions of Africans and their descendants were enslaved and forced into uncompensated labor in the United States and the 13 American colonies that preceded the founding of this nation; and WHEREAS, The enslavement of Africans and their descendants was constitutionally sanctioned by the final draft of the... |
2021 |
| Rep. Brian Cina; Rep. Tiffany Bluemle; Rep. Kevin Christie; Rep. Selene Colburn; Rep. Harold Hal" Colston; Rep. Mari Cordes; Rep. Taylor Small; Rep. Heather Surprenant; Rep. Tristan Toleno; Rep. Tanya Vyhovsky;" |
2021 VT H.B. 387 (NS) |
2021 Vermont House Bill No. 387, Vermont 2021-2022 Legislative Session (3/9/2021) |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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This bill proposes to establish the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for the Institution of Chattel Slavery to: (1) study and consider a State apology and proposal for reparations for the institution of slavery; and (2) make recommendations to the General Assembly on appropriate remedies. H.387 Introduced by Representatives Cina of Burlington, Bluemle of Burlington, Christie of Hartford, Colburn of Burlington, Colston of Winooski, Cordes of Lincoln, Small of Winooski, Surprenant of Barnard, Toleno of Brattleboro, and Vyhovsky of Essex Referred to Committee on Date:... |
2021 |
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2021 VT REG TEXT 589296 (NS) |
(3/11/2021) |
Regulations (Proposed & Adopted) |
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This proposed rulemaking amends Parts 1, 5, 7 and 8 of the 8-part Health Benefits Eligibility and Enrollment (HBEE) rule. Parts 1, 5 and 7 were last amended effective January 15, 2019. Part 8 was last amended effective July 1, 2019. The majority of changes result from the transitioning of Qualified Health Plan (QHP) premium processing functions from AHS to QHP issuers, as contemplated in 2018 1 (Sp. Sess.) Acts and Resolves No. 11, Sec. C.102(a)(3). |
2021 |
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2021 VT REG TEXT 589296 (NS) |
(8/10/2021) |
Regulations (Proposed & Adopted) |
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This proposed rulemaking amends Parts 1, 5, 7 and 8 of the 8-part Health Benefits Eligibility and Enrollment (HBEE) rule. Parts 1, 5 and 7 were last amended effective January 15, 2019. Part 8 was last amended effective July 1, 2019. The majority of changes result from the transitioning of Qualified Health Plan (QHP) premium processing functions from AHS to QHP issuers, as contemplated in 2018 1 (Sp. Sess.) Acts and Resolves No. 11, Sec. C.102(a)(3). |
2021 |
| Young, Walker |
2021 WV H.B. 2878 (NS) |
2021 West Virginia House Bill No. 2878, West Virginia Eighty-Fifth Legislature - Regular Session, 2021 (3/3/2021) |
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A BILL to amend the Codeof West Virginia, 1939, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designatedas A5-30-1, A5-30-2, A5-30-3, A5-30-4, A5-30-5, A5-30-6, and A5-30-7, allrelating to establishing Aa task force to study and develop reparations forAfrican Americans; legislative findings; composition and authority; requiringreport to the Legislature; and providing that state level reparation actionsthat are undertaken as a result of this article are not a replacement for anyreparations enacted at the federal level. WEST virginia legislature 2021 regular session Introduced House Bill... |
2021 |
| Christopher Burton |
3/5THS TO 1/10TH, HOW TO MAKE BLACK AMERICA WHOLE: EXPLORING CONGRESSIONAL ACT H.R.40--COMMISSION TO STUDY AND DEVELOP REPARATION PROPOSALS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS ACT |
54 UIC J. Marshall L. Rev. 530 (Summer, 2021) [UIC John Marshall Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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I. Introduction. 530 II. Background. 535 A. What Is H.R. 40?. 535 B. Historic Economic Disparities Among Black and White Americans. 537 1. The New Deal and Jim Crow. 538 2. The Racist Execution of the G.I. Bill. 541 C. History of Past Proposed Reparation Acts in the United States.. 544 1. Reparations to Japanese Americans Interned During World War... |
2021 |
| Bryan E. Gates |
4.10.12.1.1. Frivolous Arguments |
IRM-AA § 4.10.12.1.1 (2021) [Internal Revenue Manual -- Abridged & Annotated] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Frivolous arguments are currently described in Notice 2010-33, the Truth About Frivolous Arguments, and any revenue ruling issued since the publication of either of these documents. Please refer to these publications for the most current listing of frivolous... |
2021 |
| Saltzman & Book |
6.02 INTEREST ON UNDERPAYMENTS |
IRSPRAC ¶ 6.02 (2021) [IRS Practice and Procedure] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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As a general rule, all taxpayers who fail to pay the full amount of a tax due under the Code must pay interest at the applicable rate on the unpaid amount from the last date prescribed for payment of the tax until the date the tax is paid. The dates marking the accrual period are (1) the date prescribed for payment, and (2) the date the tax is... |
2021 |
| Saltzman & Book |
7B.20 INJUNCTION AND DISGORGEMENT ACTIONS |
IRSPRAC ¶ 7B.20 (2021) [IRS Practice and Procedure] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Apart from penalties or other fines, the Service can and has increasingly sought to enjoin a person who engages in specified conduct from engaging in further conduct. Courts can enjoin the current tax shelter activity as well as any future tax shelter activities. Under Section 7408(a), the Service can institute a civil action in the name of the... |
2021 |
| Tricia Young |
A CHANGE MUST COME: THE INTERSECTION OF INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY AND PUBLIC BENEFITS |
14 DePaul J. for Soc. Just. 1 (Winter, 2021) [DePaul Journal for Social Justice] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the United States continues on in its trend of passing on a low quality of life from one generation of the poor to the next--thereby exacerbating and perpetuating poverty into the foreseeable future. Intergenerational poverty, as this concept is aptly named, disproportionately impacts... |
2021 |
| Maya K. Watson |
A CIVIL RIGHTS ACT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH |
98 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 299 (Spring, 2021) [University of Detroit Mercy Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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We have heard of the disproportionate effect that COVID-19 has had on Black and Brown populations in the U.S. The government-created social and structural conditions that led to these disparities are discussed less often. For more than a century before COVID-19 entered the global lexicon, Black and Brown communities in the United States have fared... |
2021 |
| Susan S. Kuo , Benjamin Means |
A CORPORATE LAW RATIONALE FOR REPARATIONS |
62 B.C. L. Rev. 799 (March, 2021) [Boston College Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Introduction. 800 I. Reparations and Ethical Individualism. 805 A. Arguments for Reparations. 805 B. Ethical Individualism. 807 C. Responses to Ethical Individualism. 811 1. Continuing Wrong. 811 2. Unjust Enrichment. 813 3. Moral Taint. 816 4. Collective Responsibility. 817 II. United States, Inc. 820 A. Consequences of Personhood. 821 B. The U.S.... |
2021 |
| Simon Middleton |
A VERTIGINOUS EXPERIENCE: HISTORICAL ETHICS AND PRACTICE IN THE AGE OF TRUMP |
46 Law & Soc. Inquiry 894 (August, 2021) [Law and Social Inquiry] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Tomlins, Christopher. In the Matter of Nat Turner. A Speculative History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020. This essay considers Christopher Tomlins' thoughts--as expressed in his In the Matter of Nat Turner: A Speculative History--on historical ethics and practice in the context of recent and ongoing controversies concerning the... |
2021 |
| D Dangaran |
ABOLITION AS LODESTAR: RETHINKING PRISON REFORM FROM A TRANS PERSPECTIVE |
44 Harv. J. L. & Gender 161 (Winter, 2021) [Harvard Journal of Law & Gender] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Given the disproportionate violence trans people in prison experience, flooding the legal system with litigation to create change for individual plaintiffs is only a stopgap measure. A better remedy to uproot the harm is to keep trans people out of prison entirely. The first claim of this Note is that prisons are inherently more violent for trans... |
2021 |
| Alexis Hoag |
ABOLITION AS THE SOLUTION: REDRESS FOR VICTIMS OF EXCESSIVE POLICE FORCE |
48 Fordham Urb. L.J. 721 (March, 2021) [Fordham Urban Law Journal] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Introduction. 721 I. An Attempt at Redress: The Civil Rights Act of 1866. 726 II. Reconstruction Redux: 18 U.S.C. § 242. 730 III. Abolitionist Framework. 735 IV. Abolitionist Solutions. 738 A. Reparations. 739 B. Divest and Reinvest. 741 Conclusion. 742 |
2021 |
| Marina Bell |
ABOLITION: A NEW PARADIGM FOR REFORM |
46 Law & Soc. Inquiry 32 (February, 2021) [Law and Social Inquiry] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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The catastrophic failure of the prison system in the United States has prompted a shift in criminal punishment system rhetoric and policy toward reform. Numerous programs and initiatives facilitate reentry for the hundreds of thousands of individuals coming out of prison every year, but these and other reforms remain problematic. They do little to... |
2021 |
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Ackie v. Philadelphia Gas Works |
Slip Copy, Docket Number: CV 19-4275, CV 19-4279, CV 19-4428, CV 19-4429 [United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania] (6/10/2021) |
Cases |
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These are four related cases brought by co-workers at the Philadelphia Gas Works plant on Passyunk Avenue. They emanate from an internal complaint Miguel Chavarria filed with PGW's Human Resources Department about what he felt was a racially discriminatory environment at the Passyunk Plant. Wayne Rauceo, Maurice Goodwin and Dwayne Ackie, in... |
2021 |
| Robert F. Weber |
AGAINST DISCOURSE: WHY ELIMINATING RACIAL DISPARITIES REQUIRES RADICAL POLITICS, NOT MORE DISCUSSION |
37 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1177 (Summer, 2021) [Georgia State University Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Racial disparity discourse is one of the main modalities through which we discuss and experience race and racism in the United States today--in discussions with colleagues and friends, in scholarly work, on cable news, on social media, and in lecture halls. Despite its ubiquity, racial disparity discourse is under-theorized: what, exactly, is its... |
2021 |
| Alexander A. Boni-Saenz |
AGE DIVERSITY |
94 S. Cal. L. Rev. 303 (January, 2021) [Southern California Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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This Article is the first to examine age diversity in the legal literature, mapping out its descriptive, normative, and legal dimensions. Age diversity is a plural concept, as heterogeneity of age can take many forms in various human institutions. Likewise, the normative rationales for these assorted age diversities are rooted in distinct... |
2021 |
| Joseph Choi |
Agriculture secretary: Black farmers received 0.1 percent of Trump administration farm relief |
(3/25/2021) [The Hill] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that only 0.1 percent of coronavirus relief set aside by the Trump administration for American farmers went to Black farmers, according to a Washington Post interview published on Thursday. |
2021 |
| Govind Persad |
ALLOCATING MEDICINE FAIRLY IN AN UNFAIR PANDEMIC |
2021 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1085 (2021) [University of Illinois Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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America's COVID-19 pandemic has both devastated and disparately harmed minority communities. How can the allocation of scarce treatments for COVID-19 and similar public health threats fairly and legally respond to these racial disparities? Some have proposed that members of racial groups who have been especially hard-hit by the pandemic should... |
2021 |
| Alexander Afnan |
AN ABOLITIONIST VISION: RECLAIMING PUBLIC SAFETY FROM A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE |
28 Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 1 (Spring, 2021) [Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Introduction. 3 I. An American Endemic. 6 A. The Deadly Manifestations of a Culture of Violence within Law Enforcement. 8 B. The Internal Other: A Violence Focused on Communities of Color. 12 C. Integrating Violence into Police Training. 17 II. The Hegemony That Legitimizes Violence. 19 A. The Civil Society. 21 1. News Media. 22 2. Entertainment... |
2021 |
| Vasuki Nesiah |
AN UN-AMERICAN STORY OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE: SMALL PLACES, FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE INDIAN OCEAN |
67 UCLA L. Rev. 1450 (April, 2021) [UCLA Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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This intervention gestures to histories of American empire from a perspective born outside America's shores--in other words and other worlds, an un-American story of American empire. Seen from elsewhere, American empire appears both intimate and distant, at once singular and multiple, a vast terrain and a small place. For instance, how can we... |
2021 |
| Hannah Goodman |
ANTI-CARCERAL FUTURES: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE OF RESTORATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES AND NEW ZEALAND |
44 Fordham Int'l L.J. 1215 (May, 2021) [Fordham International Law Journal] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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The United States and New Zealand, two democratic and progressive nations, rely heavily on incarceration structures plagued with institutional racism as their primary form of justice. Several international standards, most notably the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures, advocate for more context-inclusive justice... |
2021 |
| Nikolas Bowie |
ANTIDEMOCRACY |
135 Harv. L. Rev. 160 (November, 2021) [Harvard Law Review] |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Democracy can take root anywhere, from community gardens to the most toxic workplace environments. It's planted whenever people treat one another as political equals, allowing everyone in the community, or demos, to share in exercising power, or kratos. Where democracy is allowed to blossom, it can undermine social hierarchies that have long seemed... |
2021 |
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Appellant's Brief on Appeal |
(3/30/2021) |
Briefs |
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FN1. The Order dismissing the case (R.58) was not received by Plaintiff, as the trial court acknowledged due to not sending the Order to Plaintiff, until December 1, 2020. FN2. Soccer is... |
2021 |
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Appellant's Brief on Appeal |
(3/31/2021) |
Briefs |
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FN1. The Order dismissing the case (R.58) was not received by Plaintiff, as the trial court acknowledged due to not sending the Order to Plaintiff, until December 1, 2020. FN2. Soccer is... |
2021 |
| Joseph Pileri |
ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS: TRUTH, RECONCILIATION, AND CORPORATE AMERICA |
18 Berkeley Bus. L.J. 157 (2021) [Berkeley Business Law Journal] |
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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... |
2021 |
| Nathalie Martin |
BAD APPLES OR A ROTTEN TREE: AMELIORATING THE DOUBLE PANDEMIC OF COVID-19 AND RACIAL ECONOMIC INEQUALITY |
82 Mont. L. Rev. 105 (Winter, 2021) [Montana Law Review] |
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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... |
2021 |
| Joshua Santangelo |
BANKRUPTING TRIBES: AN EXAMINATION OF TRIBAL SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AS REPARATION IN THE CONTEXT OF SECTION 106(A) |
37 Emory Bankr. Dev. J. 325 (2021) [Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal] |
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This Comment concerns section 106(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, which abrogates sovereign immunity of a State, a Commonwealth, a District, a Territory, a municipality, or a foreign state; or other foreign or domestic government. A circuit split exists as to whether this section applies to Native Nations. The Sixth Circuit interpreted this section to... |
2021 |
| Kate Bass |
BEYOND ELECTIONS: ABOLITIONIST LESSONS FOR THE LAW OF DEMOCRACY |
169 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1901 (June, 2021) [University of Pennsylvania Law Review] |
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The prison abolition movement, building on a long history of abolition in the United States, is articulating a vision of democracy that centers the lived experiences of people, particularly marginalized communities. Requiring more than legal standing and a secure right to vote, the abolitionist view of democracy calls for economic and civic... |
2021 |
| Khiara M. Bridges |
BEYOND TORTS: REPRODUCTIVE WRONGS AND THE STATE: BIRTH RIGHTS AND WRONGS: HOW MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY ARE REMAKING REPRODUCTION AND THE LAW, BY DOV FOX. NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2019. PP. 265. $44.00 |
121 Colum. L. Rev. 1017 (April, 2021) [Columbia Law Review] |
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In Birth Rights and Wrongs: How Medicine and Technology Are Remaking Reproduction and the Law, Dov Fox schematizes the concept of reproductive negligence (also called reproductive wrongs) into three categories: procreation imposed, procreation deprived, and procreation confounded. This Book Review aims to extend Fox's analysis by looking beyond... |
2021 |