Senior Staff Attorney Esha Bhandari, who's coordinating ACLU's cross-country COVID-19 efforts, speaks out about the high stakes of expanded government powers relative to civil rights and civil liberties, and ACLU's work to prevent the weaponizing of COVID-19.
We start remembering the late John Lewis RIP.
And then, Esha Bhandari of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) walks us through understanding the impact and implications of Federal and State government responses on civil rights and civil liberties.
She speaks about contact tracing, tech companies and ACLU's proactive white paper with guidelines and surveillance, Esha also fills us in on ACLU litigation and efforts regarding voting rights, reproductive rights, racial injusice, housing, detention and immigration detention and more.
We'regrateful to Esha for taking time out of her intensely full schedule to speak with us -- and so many are grateful to everyone at the ACLU for the work they do inside the United States for equality and justice, and through the precedents of their work, the contributions they make in the world.
For more information on the work of Esha Bhandari and the ACLU, check out these four links:
ACLU COVID19 Landing Page: https://www.aclu.org/news/topic/covid-19-pandemic-response/
ACLU Model on Incarceration and COVID19 Deaths: https://www.aclu.org/news/smart-justice/new-model-shows-reducing-jail-population-will-lower-covid-19-death-toll-for-all-of-us/
ACLU White Paper: The Limits of Location Tracking in an Epidemic: https://www.aclu.org/report/aclu-white-paper-limits-location-tracking-epidemic?redirect=aclu-white-paper-limits-location-tracking-epidemic
ACLU White Paper: Principles for Technology-Assisted Contact-Tracing: https://www.aclu.org/report/aclu-white-paper-principles-technology-assisted-contact-tracing