Council passed Intro 0806-2022 on May 11, 2023

What’s the purpose of a comprehensive jail population review program? “This bill would require the establishment of a jail population review program to identify people in custody of the Department of Correction (“DOC”) whose cases could be resolved or who could be safely released into the community. The Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (“MOCJ”) would…

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Supreme Court Decision 53: Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

Docket 20-1199 issued June 29, 2023. “(Harvard) failed to operate their race-based admissions programs in a manner that is “sufficiently measurable to permit judicial [review]… failed to articulate a meaningful connection between the means they employ and the goals they pursue… failed to comply with the Equal Protection Clause’s twin commands that race may never…

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