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Transgender Rights & The Eighth Amendment, Jennifer Levi, Kevin M. Barry Jan 2021

Transgender Rights & The Eighth Amendment, Jennifer Levi, Kevin M. Barry

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The past decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in the visibility, acceptance, and integration of transgender people across all aspects of culture and the law. The treatment of incarcerated transgender people is no exception. Historically, transgender people have been routinely denied access to medically necessary hormone therapy, surgery, and other gender-affirming procedures; subjected to cross-gender strip searches; and housed according to their birth sex. But these policies and practices have begun to change. State departments of corrections are now providing some, though by no means all, appropriate care to transgender people, culminating in the Ninth Circuit’s historic decision in Edmo …


N Dakota Pipeline Protest Is A Harbinger Of Many More, Lauren Carasik Nov 2016

N Dakota Pipeline Protest Is A Harbinger Of Many More, Lauren Carasik

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A Dismal Day For Human Rights In The Us, Lauren Carasik Nov 2016

A Dismal Day For Human Rights In The Us, Lauren Carasik

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Obama’S National Security Exceptionalism, Sudha Setty Jan 2016

Obama’S National Security Exceptionalism, Sudha Setty

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This Article discusses how continued national security exceptionalism engenders a view of the United States as considering itself to be above international obligations to investigate and prosecute torturers and war criminals, and the view by the global community that the United States is willing to apply one standard for itself, and another for the rest of the world. Exceptionalism not only poses real challenges in terms of law, morality, and building useful relationships with allied nations, but acts as a step backward for the creation of enforceable international norms and standards, and in efforts to restore a balance in the …


Us May Be Complicit In War Crimes In Yemen, Lauren Carasik Nov 2015

Us May Be Complicit In War Crimes In Yemen, Lauren Carasik

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Will Oklahoma Put An Innocent Man To Death?, Lauren Carasik Oct 2015

Will Oklahoma Put An Innocent Man To Death?, Lauren Carasik

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Guatemala Needs Profound Change, Lauren Carasik Aug 2015

Guatemala Needs Profound Change, Lauren Carasik

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Obama’S Failure Of Leadership On Gitmo, Lauren Carasik Aug 2015

Obama’S Failure Of Leadership On Gitmo, Lauren Carasik

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Equal Justice Remains Elusive For The Poor, Lauren Carasik Jun 2015

Equal Justice Remains Elusive For The Poor, Lauren Carasik

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Revelations On Fbi Spy Fleet Cloud Surveillance Reform, Lauren Carasik Jun 2015

Revelations On Fbi Spy Fleet Cloud Surveillance Reform, Lauren Carasik

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Us Aid Proposal Could Worsen Violence In El Salvador, Lauren Carasik Apr 2015

Us Aid Proposal Could Worsen Violence In El Salvador, Lauren Carasik

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Us Should End Solitary Confinement, Lauren Carasik Mar 2015

Us Should End Solitary Confinement, Lauren Carasik

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No Guarantee The Us Won’T Torture Again, Lauren Carasik Dec 2014

No Guarantee The Us Won’T Torture Again, Lauren Carasik

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Us Policies In Mexico Have Made Bad Situation Worse, Lauren Carasik Nov 2014

Us Policies In Mexico Have Made Bad Situation Worse, Lauren Carasik

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Release Senate Report On Cia Torture Program, Lauren Carasik Nov 2014

Release Senate Report On Cia Torture Program, Lauren Carasik

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Blackwater Guilty Verdict Long Overdue, Lauren Carasik Oct 2014

Blackwater Guilty Verdict Long Overdue, Lauren Carasik

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United Nations Watchdog Blasts Us For Persistent Racism, Lauren Carasik Sep 2014

United Nations Watchdog Blasts Us For Persistent Racism, Lauren Carasik

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Human Rights For Thee But Not For Me, Lauren Carasik Mar 2014

Human Rights For Thee But Not For Me, Lauren Carasik

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Supreme Court Ruling Shields Corporations From Accountability, Lauren Carasik Feb 2014

Supreme Court Ruling Shields Corporations From Accountability, Lauren Carasik

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A Tale Of Two Responses To Lgbti Violence, Lauren Carasik Sep 2013

A Tale Of Two Responses To Lgbti Violence, Lauren Carasik

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