US Federal Politics

Posts on the intersections of national politics and criminal justice.

Let Crime Victims Be Themselves, Not the Moral Curators of Criminal Justice

October 18, 2020

Today’s papers brought forth two news items that I found fascinating. The first, Heather Knight’s piece in today’s Chronicle, reports of San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin’s effort to reach out

Whose Goons Are These?

October 15, 2020

‘Help!’ he shrieked shrilly in a voice strangling in its own emotion, as the policemen carried him to the open doors in the rear of the ambulance and threw him

CARES Act Relief for Incarcerated People

October 2, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides assistance to hospitals, nonprofits, individuals, and businesses. Among other provisions, the CARES Act provides individuals who earn less than $75,000

Explainer on Politics of Replacing Justice Ginsburg

September 19, 2020

Millions of people grieve the loss of legal giant Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today and appreciate her enormous contributions to fairness and equality. I would have loved to discuss Justice

Help Floridians Regain the Right to Vote

September 11, 2020

Florida is one of only four states in which people with felony convictions permanently lose their right to vote. In November 2018, Floridians sought to change this by passing Amendment

Blackface Scandals Are the Logical Conclusion of the Performative Goodness Race

September 6, 2020

As if we don’t have bigger tofu slices to fry–with 57 days till the election, we absolutely do–the academic/activist left is atwitter (pun intended) about yet another blackface scandal. This

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