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The Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Signaling and the Racial Politics of Immigration Enforcement

Brionna Bolaños

The Supreme Court keeps granting the Trump administration emergency relief in immigration cases without explanation, effectively greenlighting aggressive enforcement tactics including racial profiling.

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Grand Juries and the Justice Department’s Shifting Tactics

Dan Sutton

Federal prosecutors presented a gun case to a local grand jury after a federal grand jury declined to indict, exploiting legal gray areas and abandoning longstanding prosecutorial practices.

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Reassessing Disparate Impact

Ralph Richard Banks

While disparate impact doctrine can be misused, the Trump Administration’s wholesale rejection of this anti-discrimination tool ignores its vital role in uncovering covert bias and promoting true meritocracy.

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The End of Bail Reform?

Dan Sutton

Trump's executive orders threaten federal funding cuts to jurisdictions with cashless bail reforms, marking a significant federal intrusion into local criminal justice policies that research suggests have not increased crime rates.

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CHALLENGING PRECEDENT RACE, LAW & REGULATION IN THE TRUMP ERA.

CHALLENGING PRECEDENT is a blog of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice that examines the intersection of race, law, and regulation during the Trump administration. From executive orders and agency rulings to federal litigation and negotiations with universities, businesses, and foreign governments, the administration is repeatedly challenging established legal frameworks while implementing sweeping new policies. Race stands at the center of many of these developments, alongside competing visions of fairness, justice, and opportunity—tensions that the blog will analyze and interpret.

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