DOJ has made some upgrades to its racial profiling policy, but the new rules leave too much room for bias, says @faizapatelBCJ. 'Too many Americans will still experience discrimination unless the department ensures this grey area isn’t abused.' bit.ly/3Wz6S9o

Today Faiza Patel & I detail challenges the NYPD Inspector General faces in effectively overseeing the police: its reporting has waned, it lacks a permanent leader, the police have stonewalled investigations, & its influence & autonomy have declined. brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…

The US government's depiction of domestic #counterterrorism efforts is misleading, write Faiza Patel and Charles Kurzman.

Based on information from a FOIA lawsuit, the authors identify problems with how U.S. Department of Justice handles these types of cases.
justsecurity.org/86456/u-s-dome…

Judge Moss found that 19 out of 20 cases he reviewed did not involve terrorism but were mostly personal disputes, concluding that the government’s representation of its counterterrorism efforts is “vastly overstated.”

Faiza Patel & Charles Kurzman:
justsecurity.org/86456/u-s-dome…

'New Yorkers deserve a police department that keeps them safe and isn’t afraid to be held accountable,' Faiza Patel and Ivey Dyson. write. 'Without a strong inspector general, that’s not what they’ll get' cityandstateny.com/opinion/2023/0…

If you're concerned about DHS spying on protestors, this thread from my Brennan Center colleague is a must-read.

In today's Lawfare, my colleague Katherine Yon Ebright explains what an obscure law that authorizes U.S. 'support' for partner forces can tell us about how the U.S. government interprets and applies its own warmaking authority. lawfareblog.com/what-can-secre…

On my walk to work today (about a mile), I kept a rough count of people on their cell phones v. those just walking. My totally unscientific count: 51 people on their phones v. 166 just walking. Does that jibe with what you think you see?

Tomorrow a.m. I will live tweet the oral argument in Xiaoxing Xi v US in 3d Cir. It's an important case about government accountability for targeting of Chinese scientists based on their ancestry & the particular harm caused to Dr. Xi's family.

More here: aclu.org/cases/xi-v-uni…