In this episode, we will discuss the duties that Americans owe—and perhaps over time have ceased to owe—the state. Once central to the American constitutional tradition, civic duties like shoveling snow, repairing roads and fighting overseas have faded from our conception of communal obligations. Yet as society evolves, so too do civic duties. To correct the narrative that civic duties are a fixed part of our historical tradition, Daniel Rice, an Assistant Professor of Law at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, joins us to unpack his article, Civic Duties and Cultural Change.
Author: Daniel Rice, Assistant Professor of Law, UNC Chapel Hill
Host/Script/Transcript: Juliette Draper (Volume 114 Podcast Editor)
Production: Carsten Felicitas Grove (Volume 114 Senior Technology Editor); Maya Parthasarathy (Volume 114 Technology Editor)
Soundtrack: Composed and performed by Carter Jansen (Volume 110 Technology Editor)
Introductory Quote: Judge Thelton E. Henderson
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In this episode, we will discuss the duties that Americans owe—and perhaps over time have ceased to owe—the state. Once central to the American constitutional tradition, civic duties like shoveling snow, repairing roads and fighting overseas have faded from our conception of communal obligations. Yet as society evolves, so too do civic duties. To correct the narrative that civic duties are a fixed part of our historical tradition, Daniel Rice, an Assistant Professor of Law at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, joins us to unpack his article, Civic Duties and Cultural Change.
Author: Daniel Rice, Assistant Professor of Law, UNC Chapel Hill
Host/Script/Transcript: Juliette Draper (Volume 114 Podcast Editor)
Production: Carsten Felicitas Grove (Volume 114 Senior Technology Editor); Maya Parthasarathy (Volume 114 Technology Editor)
Soundtrack: Composed and performed by Carter Jansen (Volume 110 Technology Editor)
Introductory Quote: Judge Thelton E. Henderson
Housing The Decarcerated: Covid-19, Abolition, and the Right to Housing
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Housing The Decarcerated: Covid-19, Abolition, and the Right to Housing
In the United States, many recently decarcerated individuals struggle to find housing. The coronavirus pandemic forced a national conversation about this issue and highlighted how essential the right to housing is to prison abolition efforts.
Author: Norrinda Brown Hayat, Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School
Host: Taylor Graham
Technology Editors: Hiep Nguyen (Volume 111 Senior Technology Editor), Taylor Graham (Volume 111 Technology Editor), Benji Martinez (Volume 111 Technology Editor)
Soundtrack: Composed and performed by Carter Jansen (Volume 110 Technology Editor)
Article Abstract: The coronavirus pandemic revealed the need to advance the right to housing and abolition movements. The need for advancements in both spaces was no more painfully apparent than among the recently decarcerated population. Securing housing for the recently decarcerated is particularly difficult due to the “culture of exclusion” that has long pervaded subsidized housing policy, enabled by a patchwork of federal laws, including the Anti-Drug Abuse Act (ADA) of 1988 and the Supreme Court’s ruling in HUD v. Rucker. The culture of exclusion is arbitrated by local housing authorities and works on three levels: eligibility, enforcement, and set asides. As a result, formerly incarcerated persons are often rejected outright during the application process. In addition, persons living in subsidized housing can be evicted for merely associating with the recently decarcerated.
This Article seeks to motivate a pathway toward housing the decarcerated by ending the culture of exclusion. In Part I, the Article updates the status of the prison abolition and right to housing movements and argues why they are interdependent. Part II builds on the idea that stable housing for formerly incarcerated persons is essential to the prison abolition movement’s success by reviewing pilot programs. Part III suggests that “one strike” policies have created a broader “culture of exclusion,” which the Supreme Court validated in Rucker, further burdening the reentry process for the recently decarcerated. Finally, Part IV prescribes policy changes that are essential to housing the decarcerated beyond repealing the ADA and overturning Rucker, including transcending the narrative of innocence, directing public housing authority discretion, and equalizing voucher holders through civil rights laws.
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In this episode, we will discuss the duties that Americans owe—and perhaps over time have ceased to owe—the state. Once central to the American constitutional tradition, civic duties like shoveling snow, repairing roads and fighting overseas have faded from our conception of communal obligations. Yet as society evolves, so too do civic duties. To correct the narrative that civic duties are a fixed part of our historical tradition, Daniel Rice, an Assistant Professor of Law at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, joins us to unpack his article, Civic Duties and Cultural Change.
Author: Daniel Rice, Assistant Professor of Law, UNC Chapel Hill
Host/Script/Transcript: Juliette Draper (Volume 114 Podcast Editor)
Production: Carsten Felicitas Grove (Volume 114 Senior Technology Editor); Maya Parthasarathy (Volume 114 Technology Editor)
Soundtrack: Composed and performed by Carter Jansen (Volume 110 Technology Editor)
Introductory Quote: Judge Thelton E. Henderson
