Posts tagged legislative reform
The Fast and the Flat Broke: Texas’ Extortion of the Poor
The Fast and the Flat Broke: Texas’ Extortion of the Poor

As of January 2018, over 1.4 million Texans had suspended licenses for failure to pay additional surcharges on a ticket for a driving infraction. Equal Justice Under Law has filed a lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbot and Texas’ Department of Public Safety to end this program once and for all and help affected Texans escape a cycle of poverty.

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Lindsey Rosenbaumcriminal justice reform, civil rights, poverty, criminalization of poverty, discrimination, legal, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, politics, money bail, justice system, department of justice, reform, legislative reform, driver's licenses, Texas, Driver Responsibility Program, DRP
Victory Against the “War on Drugs”: Pennsylvania Repeals Punitive License Suspensions in Wake of EJUL Suit

Between 2011 and 2016, Pennsylvania suspended the licenses of over 149,000 individuals as an additional punishment for non-driving-related drug convictions. Now, nine months after EJUL filed a class action lawsuit against the counterproductive practice, Pennsylvania has abolished it.

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Marissa Hattoncriminal justice reform, civil rights, poverty, criminalization of poverty, discrimination, legal, lawsuit, lawyer, litigation, politics, money bail, justice system, department of justice, war on drugs, reform, drug offenses, legislative reform, pennsylvania, driver's licenses