CJ Ciaramella

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Criminal Justice Reporter at Reason

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Federal appeals court rejects Trump administration's attempt to block return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

1 week ago | reason.com | C.J. Ciaramella |CJ Ciaramella

Due Process "This should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson warned.
The man who fought Chicago for his Cadillac-and never got it back

1 week ago | reason.com | C.J. Ciaramella |CJ Ciaramella

Civil Liberties Spencer Byrd's case helped spark reforms and a federal lawsuit, but he died before seeing justice.
Bill would require federal prisons to notify families of serious illness and death

2 weeks ago | reason.com | C.J. Ciaramella |CJ Ciaramella

Prisons Families described not being told their loved one was in the hospital or even when they had died.
ICE denies 'Reason' access to immigration court in Miami detention center

3 weeks ago | reason.com | C.J. Ciaramella |CJ Ciaramella

Transparency "It appears that access to this court was improperly denied," an attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press says.
Kristi Noem uses El Salvador's nightmarish megaprison to create content

4 weeks ago | reason.com | C.J. Ciaramella |CJ Ciaramella

Immigration The Homeland Security secretary's use of El Salvador's largest prison for propaganda is unethical and an endorsement of an autocratic justice system.
Justice Department invokes state secrets privilege over deportation flights

1 month ago | reason.com | C.J. Ciaramella |CJ Ciaramella

Government secrecy The move is an escalation of the White House's attempt to claim an unchallengeable and unreviewable amount of power.
Federal judge Lee Rosenthal blocks Texas A&M from banning drag shows

1 month ago | reason.com | C.J. Ciaramella |CJ Ciaramella

A federal judge has blocked the Texas A&M University System from banning drag shows, clearing the way for an upcoming student-run drag performance that administrators had canceled on the grounds that they demeaned women and violated state and federal policies opposing "gender ideology." Senior U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Lee Rosenthal issued a preliminary injunction today finding that the Texas A&M Queer Empowerment Council, a student group, was likely to prevail on...
Miami Beach mayor withdraws bill to evict theater for screening 'No Other Land'

1 month ago | reason.com | C.J. Ciaramella |CJ Ciaramella

First Amendment The attempt to retaliate against a cinema for screening a documentary on the Israel-Palestine conflict drew national condemnation from civil rights groups and flimmakers.
'No Other Land' won an Oscar. Miami Beach's mayor is trying to evict a movie theater for screening it.

1 month ago | reason.com | C.J. Ciaramella |CJ Ciaramella

First Amendment Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner says "disseminating antisemitism" in a taxpayer-owned building is "unjust to the values of our city and residents and should not be tolerated." | Basel Aero, Rachel Szar, Hamdan Ball, and Yuval Abraham of "No Other Land" celebrate backstage after winning the Oscar for best documentary feature film during the 97th Academy Awards. (PAT BENIC/UPI/Newscom) The mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, is trying to terminate the lease of a movie theater for...
Elon Musk's DOGE isn't exempt from FOIA requests, federal judge rules

1 month ago | reason.com | C.J. Ciaramella |CJ Ciaramella

FOIA The judge found that the agency's "unusual secrecy" and "substantial authority" make it subject to public record laws.

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