Due Process Institute

BREAKING: The Senate passes the Federal Prison Oversight Act by unanimous consent! This legislation will increase accountability and safety within the BOP. We thank on Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Mike Braun (R-IN), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) for their leadership on this crucial bill. Full statement:

The data continues to be clear: the First Step Act has reduced recidivism and has provided second chances to thousands of formerly incarcerated people. Read the 2024 report on the First Step Act: https://lnkd.in/eJ26Xe4X

The bipartisan Safer Supervision Act will help eliminate barriers for returning citizens by reducing unnecessary supervision and rewarding good conduct. It's time for Congress to help reduce recidivism and improve public safety.

The “moment of the threat” doctrine undermines the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unlawful seizures and court remedies for victims of police misconduct. Read our amicus brief with Restore the Fourth urging SCOTUS to protect Fourth Amendment rights: https://bit.ly/4bl1b4A

1.4 million Floridians with felony convictions had their voting rights restored in 2018. But Florida is now prosecuting these individuals after the state issued them voter cards and permitted voting in 2020. Read our brief challenging these prosecutions: https://bit.ly/DPIamicus

Public defenders are fundamental to federal court systems across the country. Congress must uphold its Constitutional responsibility to adequately fund federal public defense. Thank you to the 18 senators who signed this letter supporting the right to counsel: https://lnkd.in/geTCj8QC

The Preventing Overdoses with Test Strips Act ensures grant programs can cover expenses related to test strips that detect fentanyl, xylazine, and other substances. We support this legislation, introduced by Senator Cory Booker and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, that helps provide lifesaving devices and prevents overdoses: https://lnkd.in/gpQx6M9G

🔸 The federal government is funded for six weeks 🔸 Motion to remove McCarthy looking likely 🔸 Don’t let anyone tell you this is regular order 🔸 RIP Senator Feinstein Point of Order recaps an *eventful* week and previews what's next for Congress: https://lnkd.in/gpBRkr5Y

🚨 It's the first day of the new #SCOTUS term! At our annual Two Views event, Supreme Court litigators Jeffrey Fisher and Erin Murphy previewed this Supreme Court term and discussed what we can expect for the 2023-24 criminal law docket. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gfr_83dH

ICYMI: Due Process Institute and civil liberties advocates released a statement yesterday on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board's (PCLOB) long-awaited report on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The report, endorsed by a majority of the Board’s members, sheds new light on abuses over the past few years, revealing that, “[i]n the reporting period covering November 2020 to December 2021, non-compliant queries related to civil unrest numbered in the tens of thousands. Full statement with ACLU, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, Center for Democracy & Technology, Defending Rights & Dissent, Demand Progress, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Freedom of the Press Foundation, FreedomWorks, New America’s Open Technology Institute, Project On Government Oversight, and Restore the Fourth: https://bit.ly/3rw2rkC