Civil Rights
Pretext Stops, Whren, and The Onion before the Supreme Court
(Constitutional Cases for Justice Warriors: October 12, 2022 Edition)
Other than a hard-fought loss from McKenzie Scott PC’s criminal / white-collar practice, it was a slow week for relevant Ninth Circuit civil cases.
So we turn our attention to unexpectedly powerful language—and ideas—from the Fifth
Private prisons lack oversight, prioritize profits over people, and endanger the lives of detainees
The challenges and, all too frequent, horrors of life in private prisons in the United States are well documented:
- Jonathan Mattise, Private prison firm to settle lawsuit over inmate death, San Diego Union Tribune, August 14, 2022.
- First Amendment
Civil Rights Victory for Japanese-American Community: San Diego Rescinds Decades-Old Racist Resolution
The City of San Diego passed Resolution No. 76068 during WWII, which “urged” the FBI to remove persons of Japanese ancestry “from San Diego and vicinity” because Japanese people were “cause for great concern” in the community. On September 19, 2022, the City Council rescinded that Resolution. The Council acknowledged
