When Alabama correctional guards handcuffed Larry Hope to a metal hitching post and left him shirtless, virtually without water, and without bathroom breaks in the Alabama sun for seven hours, they should have known that their actions were unlawful, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2002.
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Each year, thousands of immigrant children are detained and deported. Alone, unable to speak English, and without lawyers, they wait in detention centers to learn their fate. The Center filed a groundbreaking lawsuit to establish their right to legal representation, but the case was dismissed. The district court ruled that children do not have a legal right to an attorney during removal proceedings.
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The Center's Intelligence Project now offers hate crime training for law enforcement officers, and offers partial scholarships.
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This publication explains the redistricting process and provides tools and techniques that can help you become a force for equity in your community, in your state and in the nation.
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The Center has published "Drawing the Line," a new guide focusing on the redistricting process and explaining its effects in ordinary language.
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Aryan Nations leader Richard Butler may lose control of the neo-Nazi organization he founded to two men he appointed last fall as his political heirs.
Intelligence Report
Tax protesters' many legalistic arguments against federal income taxes have little basis in legal reality.
Intelligence Report
A battle over irrigation rights in Oregon becomes, for a time, the latest flash point for antigovernment activists.
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In the case of Dr. Timothy Joe Emerson, a Texas physician charged with violating the federal Violence Against Women Act, gun advocates get a surprise victory.
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Read suggestions for improving the national hate crime reporting system.
