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Friday, September 3, 2021

Berkeley community reacts to Supreme Court decision on Texas abortion ban

The Berkeley community responds to the U.S. Supreme Court's Wednesday decision, which failed to block Texas' abortion law allowing private citizens to sue anyone involved in abortion procedures after the first six weeks of pregnancy. Photo by Joe Ravi under CC-BY-SA-3.0-US.

Texas’ law allows private citizens to sue anyone involved in obtaining an abortion after the six-week window before fetal cardiac activity begins.
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Op-Eds

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Privacy shouldn’t depend on your square footage

Privacy should not mean one thing for homeowners and another for apartment renters; subtle distinctions such as whether you have exclusive access to your porch should not lead to massive differences in the privacy you’re afforded.
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City

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Berkeley street to be named after early South Asian immigrant

In the early 1900s, Kala Bagai and her family were driven out of the city of Berkeley by racism, but last Tuesday, Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to name a street located in the heart of Berkeley after her.
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Campus

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

‘She never gave up fighting’: UC Berkeley law professors discuss Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy

To honor former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s decades-long fight for justice both on the bench and as an attorney, the UC Berkeley law community gathered virtually to commemorate her life and legacy.
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Op-Eds

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

CA must stand for gun safety, keep fighting for magazine restrictions

Content warning: gun violence, abuse As gun sales continue to surge across the country, California voters watched a 2016 gun safety measure get tossed out by a federal appeals court. On Aug. 14, a three-judge panel voted 2-1 to strike down a law restricting large-capacity ammunition magazines. The law was
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Research & Ideas

Sunday, August 16, 2020

‘Racialized dehumanization’: UC Berkeley experts weigh in on criminal justice

As movements to defund and abolish police have become more prominent in national discussions, several UC Berkeley experts said they want to see changes in the criminal justice system.
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Campus

Sunday, July 26, 2020

UC Berkeley law professor advises White House on how to pass policies without Congress

UC Berkeley School of Law professor John Yoo has been consulting the White House on a political theory that allows a sitting president to impose policies without congressional approval.
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National

Sunday, June 21, 2020

UC regents win US Supreme Court lawsuit over rescission of DACA program

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the UC Board of Regents on Thursday, finding that President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program was “arbitrary.”
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Crime & Courts

Monday, June 15, 2020

Berkeley Police Review Commission subcommittee revises use-of-force policy

The Berkeley Police Review Commission’s Use of Force Policy Subcommittee has a big task ahead of it — to “wordsmith,” on a short deadline, an important police policy that none of the commission members are particularly happy with.
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Campus

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

UC Berkeley School of Law talks race, police reform in 1st of livestream series

In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests across the country, four UC Berkeley professors discussed their thoughts in the first segment of a longer series on race and policing.
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Berkeley community reacts to Supreme Court decision on Texas abortion ban

Privacy shouldn’t depend on your square footage

Berkeley street to be named after early South Asian immigrant

‘She never gave up fighting’: UC Berkeley law professors discuss Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy

CA must stand for gun safety, keep fighting for magazine restrictions

‘Racialized dehumanization’: UC Berkeley experts weigh in on criminal justice

UC Berkeley law professor advises White House on how to pass policies without Congress

UC regents win US Supreme Court lawsuit over rescission of DACA program

Berkeley Police Review Commission subcommittee revises use-of-force policy

UC Berkeley School of Law talks race, police reform in 1st of livestream series