UPDATE: The American Civil Liberties Union, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the National Immigration Law Center are set to announce in Phoenix on Thursday plans to challenge the measure. U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder said this week that he was considering a possible legal challenge to the law. [More here] Despite concerted [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Crime’
April 4, 2010
South Africa: World Cup Ready
This June, South Africa will host the world in the largest international games, the World Cup. This is an event has been a point of pride for the country and the continent since it was chosen as the site of the World Cup in 2004. It will be the first time an African nation will [...]
March 29, 2010
Gun Control- Obama’s “One Broken Promise”
In today’s Boston Globe, Northeastern professor James Alan Fox boldly claims President Obama has not yet followed through on the promise of gun control. Specifically pointing to a provision on federal databases, known as the Tiahrt Amendment, Fox rightfully claims notes that the repeal of this restriction was part of the President’s campaign platform and [...]
March 23, 2010
Immigration: Arizona Debates Anti-Immigrant Bill
Thousands marched on Washington this past weekend to demand that the administration turn its attention to immigration reform, in order to ensure that the basic human rights of immigrant workers and their families in the United States are upheld. But, meanwhile, legislation is quietly making its way through the Arizona State Legislature which would make [...]
February 10, 2010
Graph of the Day: Congressional Employment
The Congressional Research Service recently released a report about the make up of the 111th Congress. Ezra Klein rightfully points out that Congress is made up of old white men– in a much greater proportion than the US statistical ratios for old white men. Here is a little chart of the prior occupations of Members [...]
December 13, 2009
Graph of the Day: Seeking the Death Penalty Under Obama’s Term
NPR had some great reporting this week on the Justice Department approval rate for prosecutors to seek the death penalty under the Obama administration. In March, Attorney General Eric Holder said of the death penalty: “I think that’s the toughest decision that an attorney general has to make: When do you authorize the seeking of [...]
November 15, 2009
Government to Study Gun Control
In a very quiet development last month, the National Institute of Health (NIH) began studying gun violence after a 13 year ban on the topic. In 1996 Congress stripped the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of its $2.6 million dollar annual funding for firearm injuries. The Bush administration continued this ban while in [...]
October 19, 2009
Graph of the Day: Legalizing Marijuana, Gun Control and the Death Penalty
Today we are going to look at some public opinion polls from Gallup recently released on crime in America. First, announced today, more Americans are in support of legalizing Marijuana than ever before. Now 44% of Americans support legalization while 54% oppose. With California’s recent taxing of Marijuana debate heating up these polls vary significantly [...]
