Watch Michelle Alexander’s Ted Talk book “The New Jim Crow” aims to stimulate a conversation about the criminal justice system’s role in creating and perpetuating racial hierarchy (or a racial caste-like system) in the United States. She raises compelling arguments about institutional racism, mass incarceration and felon disenfranchisement in the U.S. In this week’s discussion, discuss your own thoughts on this piece. Do you agree or disagree? In your view, what are some of the problems with incarceration as the primary sentence? What alternatives would you recommend in lieu of incarceration? What sentencing philosophy supports your favorite alternative?
While you should already have a good understanding of judicial review, let’s have a brief review. We know that the concept of judicial review is not
While you should already have a good understanding of judicial review, let’s have a brief review. We know that the concept of judicial review is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution. Rather, it arose from Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803), in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared one part