Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani Tells a Whopper: I 'Voted for Justices Sotormayor and Kagen'
David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement | alternet.org | 2018-09-28
Giuliani, who infamously coined the phrase, "truth isn't truth," never served as a U. S. Senator, which is the only way anyone can vote to confirm a Supreme Court justice. | Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani Thursday evening praised Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's explosive attacks on Democrats during the widely-watched Kavanaugh confirmation hearing. An. . .
alternet.org/trump-attorney-rudy-giuliani-tells-whopper-i-voted-justices-sotormayor-and-kagen

Federal Court Victory for Migrant Farmworkers Protects Their Right to Organize
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-28
The court ruled that a North Carolina law targeting a farmworkers union likely violated the 14th Amendment. | Farmworkers play a vital role in North Carolina's multibillion dollar agriculture industry, providing essential labor in a state that produces much of the nation's sweet potatoes, tobacco, Christmas trees, and many other crops. | More than 90 percent of these workers are Latino. Many are migrants working seasonally under temporary visas, and they are among the lowest paid and most vulnerable workers in the state. They face high risks to their health and safety, substandard living conditions, and abuse and…
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/federal-court-victory-migrant-farmworkers-protects-their-right-organize

Supreme Court to Decide Whether States Can Impose Excessive Fines on the Poor
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-28
The Eighth Amendment protects people from the devastation caused by state and local fines they can't reasonably pay. | When it reconvenes this fall, the Supreme Court will decide whether the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution can help stop state and local authorities from using people who come in contact with the justice system as their piggy banks. The case has ramifications for communities across the country, finally settling a question about whether the Constitution's prohibition on excessive financial penalties only applies to the federal government or to all public authorities. | The court will hear…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-criminal-justice/supreme-court-decide-whether-states-can-impose

Action Alert: Contact Your Senators NOW — Senate Judiciary Committee may vote on Kavanaugh's Nomination as early as Friday, Sept. 28
Juliana Bolden | naacp.org | 2018-09-27
Senate Judiciary Committee may vote on Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination as early as Friday, Sept. 28 Urge Members of the Senate Judiciary to Vote "No" on Kavanaugh The Issue: Judge Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court on July 10, 2018. After four days of routine hearings which began […] | The post Action Alert: Contact Your Senators NOW — Senate Judiciary Committee may vote on Kavanaugh…
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Trump Administration Claims Preventing Young Immigrants from Accessing Abortion is Constitutional
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-27
The Trump administration persists in banning access to abortion for young immigrants in government custody. | We were in a Washington, D.C., appeals court on Wednesday facing off yet again with the Trump administration over its patently unconstitutional policy of obstructing young immigrant women from accessing abortion. | Last September, a 17-year-old woman known as Jane Doe arrived in the United States and discovered she was pregnant. Even though she repeatedly made it clear that she wanted an abortion, had received a decision from a state court judge waiving Texas's requirement that she first obtain parental c…
aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/trump-administration-claims-preventing-young-immigrants-accessing

NAACP Ramps up Voter Outreach Campaign on National Voter Registration Day
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-09-25
NAACP Ramps up Voter Outreach Campaign on National Voter Registration Day Power of 5 Campaign Looks to Translate Personal Networks into Votes during Midterm Elections BALTIMORE (September, 25, 2018)– NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, is looking to mobilize personal networks, activists and supporters to energize its base ahead of the 2018 midterm elections on […] | The post NAACP Ramps up Voter Outreach Campaign on National Voter Registration Day appeared firs…
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Action Alert Update: Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Hearing, Urge Senate Judiciary Members to Vote "No" on Kavanaugh
Juliana Bolden | naacp.org | 2018-09-25
Senate Judiciary Committee slates Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexual misconduct hearing for Sept. 27, 2018 Urge Members of the Senate Judiciary to Vote "No" on Kavanaugh The Issue: President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court on July 10, 2018. After four days of hearings which began on Sept. 4, we are still left […] | The post Action Alert Update: Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Hearing, Urge Senate Judiciary Members to Vote "No"
naacp.org/latest/action-alert-sept25-urge-members-senate-judiciary-vote-no-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct-hearing/

Prisons' Refusal to Provide Adequate Opioid Treatment Is Cruel and Unlawful
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-25
In Massachusetts, people in prison are denied adequate care for opioid use disorder, increasing risk of relapse. | Geoffrey Pesce tried everything to overcome his addiction to opioids: detox at least four times, Suboxone, Naltrexone. | In 2016, after overdosing three times in less than 48 hours, he was scared for his life and committed to recovery. That's when his physician prescribed methadone, a prescription medication approved by the FDA for treatment of opioid use disorder. | For nearly two years, Geoffrey has invested in his recovery, rededicated himself to his young son, rebuilt his relationships with his p…
aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/medical-and-mental-health-care/prisons-refusal-provide-adequate-opioid

Trump Administration Targets Children, Families and Communities of Color in Latest Immigration Regulation
Rachel Johnson | naacp.org | 2018-09-24
Contact: Malik Russell / mrussell@naacpnet.org Changes to Public Charge Could Put Health and Immigration Status at Risk for Millions BALTIMORE (September 24, 2018)– On September 22, the Trump Administration Department of Homeland Security announced it would issue a proposed regulation that would severely curtail the ability of immigrants to secure a green card by expanding […] | The post Trump Administration Targets Children, Families and Communities of Colo…
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Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-24
Trump's assault on international cooperation and human rights is ultimately self-defeating. His U.N. address Tuesday will likely be more of the same. | On Tuesday, President Trump will make his second appearance at the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly, where he will reportedly use the international spotlight to deliver a speech that centers on favoring U.S. "sovereignty" over our commitments to the global community. | The world has now witnessed the human costs of Trump…
aclu.org/blog/human-rights/five-ways-trump-administration-has-attacked-un-and-international-human-rights

Congress Needs to Take Responsibility for Fixing Harassment in Its Own Halls
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-24
Members of Congress have a duty to protect their staffers from harassment by reforming the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. | It's been nearly one year since the #MeToo movement came into public consciousness and months since the Senate and House of Representatives each passed legislation to reform the way Congress handles claims of harassment in its own workplace. But further action on the bills has stalled, and even after sitting members had to resign over their own misconduct, our elected officials have stil…
aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/womens-rights-workplace/congress-needs-take-responsibility-fixing-harassment-its

NAACP Partners with 13 Leading Social Justice Organizations to Launch Digital Ad in Opposition to Supreme Court Nominee, Brett Kavanaugh
Rachel Johnson | naacp.org | 2018-09-21
John Legend issues a Call to Action in the new campaign urging the public to #StopKavanaugh BALTIMORE (September 21, 2018) — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's foremost civil rights organization joined forces with 13 leading social justice organizations to release a Call to Action issued by singer-songwriter and […] | The post NAACP Partners with 13 Leading Social Justice Organizatio…
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Michael Moore: Are We Going to Be Like the "Good Germans" Who Let Hitler Rise to Power?
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-21
In his new documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9," filmmaker Michael Moore interviews the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, who describes President Trump's policy of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border and the large-scale detention of immigrant children as a "crime against humanity." Moore also looks at the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany and compares it to the rise of Trump in the United States.
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/21/michael_moore_are_we_going_to

Recap: NAACP National Call to Action Tele-Townhall
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-09-20
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American Prison: Shane Bauer Traces History of U.S. For-Profit Prisons from Slavery to Today
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-20
"American Prison." That's the name of the new book by award-winning journalist Shane Bauer, who dives deep into the profit-earning motives of U.S. prisons, from convict labor in colonial-era settlements all the way to present-day mass incarceration, including Bauer's own stint as an undercover prison guard at the privately owned Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana. We speak with Shane Bauer in New York City.
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/20/american_prison_shane_bauer_traces_history

Immigrants Seeking Shelter After Hurricane Florence Fear Deportation as FEMA Shifts Funds to ICE
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-18
While the worst of Hurricane Florence is over, officials say the most dangerous flooding is yet to come for residents of the Carolinas and Virginia, as thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds more have sought rescue from rising floodwaters. But undocumented immigrants have expressed concern they will encounter immigration enforcement if they seek help. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has reallocated nearly $10 million from FEMA's budget to ICE to pay for detention space and deportations. We speak with Laura Garduño García, a DACA recipient and Greensboro-based organizer with Siembra N…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/18/immigrants_seeking_shelter_after_hurricane_florence