News & Commentary
NH Supreme Court Applies “Debtors Prison” Statute Protecting the Poor Who Owe Public Defender Fees
CONTACT: Albert “Buzz” Scherr, Professor of Law at UNH School of Law, [email protected], 603-828-6515
NHBR Op-ed: Why NH Needs Fair Chance Hiring
Granite Staters with a criminal record are eager and available, but often kept from working
Repealing the Death Penalty in New Hampshire Is Personal
New Hampshire Senate and House poised to vote on overriding Governor's veto of death penalty repeal bill.
ACLU-NH's Statement on the Silencing of Public Employees’ Free Speech in their Individual Capacities by Publicly-funded Institutions
CONCORD, NH – In the last eight days, two publicly-funded institutions—Plymouth State University and Newfound Regional High School—took actions against public employees who, last month, submitted letters to a court expressing support for former Exeter High School guidance counselor, Kristie Torbick, who admitted to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student. The court ultimately sentenced Ms. Torbick to 2-1/2 to 5 years in prison for her crimes.
ACLU of NH’s Statement on Woodstock Border Patrol Checkpoint
The most recent US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) immigration checkpoints conducted over this past weekend along I-93 in New Hampshire are an embarrassment to our state and violated the Fourth Amendment. These latest checkpoints coincided with Laconia Bike Week and came just a couple weeks after the recent Memorial Day checkpoint. It is our understating that CBP intends to conduct more checkpoints in New Hampshire – possibly 4 – over the remainder of this year. For a state that prides itself on being welcoming to all, these checkpoints tell a very different story, one of discrimination and dismissal of our constitutional rights and values.
A Long-Time Coming: Gender Identity Protections in the Granite State
During this time of increased partisanship and division across our country, in New Hampshire we are celebrating a legislative victory that many considered impossible: a Republican House, a Republican State Senate and a Republican governor – with unwavering support from Democrats – added gender identity to our state’s non-discrimination law.
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