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Miranda Yaver, PhD
@mirandayaver
Political science prof (health politics/law, public policy, APE) at @Wheaton, bylines at NYT WaPo & The Guardian, @Columbia PhD, @Cal bear, @springsteen fiend
Jun 10, 2020 • 25 tweets • 10 min read
As we discuss police reform, vital that we address the high rates of sexual misconduct incl. sexual assault by police officers, and laws that allow them to get away with this behavior, with 32 states allowing police to have sex with arrestees and call it consensual. (THREAD) /1 As of February 2018, 35 states allowed police to treat as consensual sex with those in their custody. It has since gone down to 32. This is a nationwide problem. Suffice it to say, power dynamics here preclude true sexual consent. /2
Jul 2, 2019 • 15 tweets • 4 min read
55 yrs ago today, Lyndon Johnson signed into law Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII of which is now at stake wrt LGBT rights). On this anniversary, re-upping my fav story involving @tylerperry & segregationist Moreton Rolleston. To quote @KevinMKruse, let's dig in... (Thread) /1 Rolleston was a segregationist. Not only did he refuse to accept black patrons at his motel, but he suggested that Atlanta's public schools avoid desegregation by selling school buildings to private corporations, thereby limiting government dictates. /2
Apr 2, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Rolleston was adamant that unless the Supreme Court ordered him to do so, the Heart of Atlanta Motel would not rent to people of color (though I'm pretty sure that wasn't his phrase of choice). /6 Rolleston argued his case before the Supreme Court, holding that Congress had exceeded its powers under the Interstate Commerce Clause and intruded on the 10th Amendment's reservation of rights to the states. /7
Apr 2, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Thursday in Con Law, I'm teaching on Commerce Clause & civil rights so I get to tell my favorite anecdote, about Moreton Rollston (owned Heart of Atlanta Motel, argued at SCOTUS that CRA 1964 was unconstitutional) & @tylerperry. To quote @KevinMKruse, let's dig in... (Thread) /1 Rolleston was —you guessed it —a segregationist. Not only did he refuse to accept black patrons at his motel, but he suggested that Atlanta's public schools avoid desegregation by selling school buildings to private corporations, thereby limiting federal government dictates. /2
Feb 13, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Tomorrow in Law & Public Policy, I'm teaching on Commerce Clause & civil rights so I get to tell my favorite anecdote, about Moreton Rolleston (owned Heart of Atlanta Motel, argued at SCOTUS that CRA 1964 was unconstitutional incl. violating his 13th Amdt. rights) & Tyler Perry. Within hours of LBJ signing the CRA, Rolleston rushed to the district court to challenge the Act and when it was closed, he went to the home of the chief clerk to file his complaint challenging the CRA's constitutionality, saying he hadn't & wouldn't integrate his motel.