Over 20 years defending rights, especially when threatened by the govt's nat sec and police powers. Now at the Project On Government Oversight (@POGOwatchdog).
Washington, D.C.
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We already know from public reporting that a judge objected to some of the tools agencies are using, & as @RonWyden notes—the law requires declassification of the ruling.
Why is it so dangerous for Americans to know how they’re potentially being spied on? What is there to hide?
And if you need some vid in your feed, here is the tl;dr version: youtube.com/watch?v=QCh6-TtV…
Wall Street Journal: over 100 federal judges failed to recuse themselves from 685 cases involving companies they or relatives owned stock in buff.ly/3kNdCiM. Our judicial selection task force has called for better disclosure and recusal rules. buff.ly/3ypbL7c
A group of former judges urges SCOTUS not to close off a vital pathway for people to have a full and fair hearing in federal court if their lawyers let them down earlier in the process. Read their brief: buff.ly/2XJIU16
On #SCOTUS: The Court is increasingly the most powerful, but least accountable branch of gov't. Here is our case for a more accountable and transparent Supreme Court.
#FairCourts
youtu.be/5mg7SvR5kfs
Watch episode one of #CapturedCourts to learn about the ways in which the structure and composition of #SCOTUS is damaging its own legitimacy. Is this how we really want the highest court in the land to operate? Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=QCh6-TtV…
OLC’s tendency to expand presidential power has led to executive actions that have:
➡️ directly harmed people
➡️ undermined people’s rights
➡️ stifled Congress’s oversight efforts.
It’s time for reform. buff.ly/31c8j1C
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POGO is proud to endorse @RepPressley & @SenMarkey’s Ending Qualified Immunity Act.
Qualified immunity holds law enforcement to a much lower standard than the general public, and it has to end. If you want to learn more about it, read @krhawkins’ piece: pogo.org/analysis/2020/10/un…
The continued attempts to challenge the election results in areas with large Black populations are part of an attempt to disenfranchise people of color, not a fact-based effort to protect free and fair elections in our country.
Read more: buff.ly/3hPDsQc
We're urging Customs and Border Protection to halt its face recognition program: buff.ly/2Kopf0c
