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Senior Counsel, Justice Program at @BrennanCenter. Criminal justice policy, history, and fountain pens. Views my own. See you at amescg dot bsky dot social.
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Court Says Local Police Can’t Be Forced to Spend Resources on Federal Immigration Enforcement

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By Ames C. Grawert
| Brennan Center
A federal judge in Boston ruled in late May that the Trump administration cannot force local law enforcement to help facilitate ICE arrests. It’s the latest in a string of defeats for the federal government, which has been seeking to invalidate “sanctuary city” policies around the country. The government argues that ICE officers cannot adequately protect the public unless police and prosecutors work in lockstep with their aggressive enforcement agenda.
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What’s Next After Supreme Court Limits Compassionate Release for Excessive Sentences

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By Ames C. Grawert, Ram Subramanian
| Brennan Center
The Supreme Court decided a major case last month that will make it more difficult for people to benefit from federal compassionate release, a policy that allows federal judges to shorten some prison terms if “extraordinary and compelling reasons” require it. Resolving appeals from two men in federal prison, the Court ruled 6–3 that judges cannot consider extreme sentence disparities and the impact of outdated laws when deciding whether to grant compassionate release.
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The Cost of the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Research Funding

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By Mark Krass, Ames C. Grawert
| Brennan Center
In late April 2026, the Trump administration abruptly removed all members of the board of advisers that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF), one of the nation’s premier science agencies. Its grantmaking had already slowed to a crawl since the start of the new fiscal year, and these removals cast the agency’s future further into doubt.
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