Links of Interest
Criminal Justice Court Reform:
- Salon ran a short excerpt from The Collapse of American Justice. The book has just been published posthumously and is by former Harvard law professor William J. Stuntz, who died earlier this year.
Immigration Court Reform:
- The ACLU, joined with dozens of other organizations, has sent recommendations to the Super Committee, showing how ineffective immigration programs can be cut to create substantial government savings.
Many people have commented on the ruling on Alabama’s new immigration law, which stands as the harshest immigration law now on the books in any state. Some challenges to the law were rejected, although the court did enjoin some provisions on the basis they are pre-empted by federal law.
- The Wall Street Journal reports that DOJ is reviewing its next steps.
- Immigration Law Prof (at LawProfessorsBlog) links to the decision (.pdf) and to Ruthann Robson’s commentary at Constitutional Law Prof blog.
- America’s Voice rounds up some responses from Immigration reform activists, many focusing on the negative impact of the law on schoolchildren.
Community Justice:
- The Shriver Center hosted a nice program on the effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on people with mental health issues in Illinois.