Law prof/philosopher @hofstra_law. Formerly w/ @ACLU, @HRW, @ArnoldPorter. Race & inequality, legal theory, First Amendment, national security. Views mine.
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Very grateful to Professor Solum for featuring this new piece on his blog!
Sinha & Umamaheswar on Hidden Takings from the Families of Incarcerated Persons, lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheo…
So happy that my latest article, coauthored with @jananiu, is forthcoming in the @HarvardCRCL Law Review! Using qualitative data and the 5th Amendment's Takings Clause, we argue that harsh treatment of the incarcerated may violate the constitutional rights of free people.
The failure of the state to provide basic necessities to incarcerated populations imposes genuine coercion on private citizens to provide those necessities at personal expense. We analyze this dynamic as a taking. Draft here: shorturl.at/95RGk. Comments welcome!
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Grateful to have had the chance to present recommendations on human rights and racial justice with @AlexSinha at the White House and deliver a memo to @neeratanden & the Domestic Policy Council.
Excited to share my latest article, Policing's Free-Speech Problem, forthcoming in the @UtahLawReview. I argue that significant, typical elements of modern policing amount to egregiously unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. Comments welcome: rb.gy/8y6106!
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Stalkers are not uncommon in the academic world unfortunately.
I gave this interview a year ago and now it is out in @verge. As some of you know, Sara Hunter has been harassing me for years. This is a story about racism and police inaction. (1/8) theverge.com/c/features/2390…
For the last four years, my family and I have been stalked by a self-described racist who hates Asians. I've never even met her, but she wants us dead. Authorities have been mostly indifferent. I talked about it publicly for the first time with @verge: bit.ly/3MhqICi 1/
This case highlights serious risks for marginalized faculty. I've never taught Sara, but this started when she targeted one of her own profs four years ago, a woman of color. Today she has several main targets, all professors and mostly POC, like my friend @Catherineoscopy. 10/
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In a guest post today, @AlexSinha examines how Bruen may exacerbate the disconnect between 1st and 2nd Amendment doctrine by considering 2A analogues for the government-speech doctrine, which preempts private 1A free speech challenges to gov't speech. firearmslaw.duke.edu/2023/10…
Love this thread! The Biden administration has made many statements about promoting racial justice, but it has neglected some of its most powerful tools. Human rights law is at the very top of that list.
A year ago, the UN CERD Committee slammed the US for its human rights record on eliminating racial discrimination. Indeed, data suggest that in some areas, outcomes impacted by discrimination have gotten worse since the US ratified the treaty. ohchr.org/en/documents/concl…
