Ames Grawert 🍂
@AmesCG
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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Hi everyone, good morning! As you've no doubt realized I don't use this platform much anymore. But you can still follow me on Bluesky. I'll be sharing the @BrennanCenter's latest work on federal funding and criminal justice. Hope to see you there! bsky.app/profile/amescg…
Last night, former law enforcement officials filed an amicus brief in support of defendants’ request to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit challenging Boston’s Trust Act. The Trust Act outlines how Boston’s local law enforcement engages in civil immigration-related enforcement…
“If you are looking for a lever to reduce crime nationally, bail reform is not a lever I would pull,” @AmesCG told @washingtonpost after President Trump signed executive orders aimed at ending cashless bail. Brennan Center research shows that bail reform has no statistically…
President Trump just signed 2 EOs to force Washington, D.C., and other cities from taking steps to substantially eliminate cash bail as a potential condition of pretrial release, threatening to withhold federal funding from cities that fail to end these policies…
In the Trump Administration's first week, it tried to freeze trillions in federal grants. Per @BrookingsInst, Native American communities could lose $24B if that policy went into full effect, breaking the govt's longstanding commitment to Tribal well-being.…
"The fact that this brief is backed by organizations as ideologically diverse as Cato and the Brennan Center is a testament to the egregious nature of Trump's invocation of the [Alien Enemies Act]" — @ilyasomin. reason.com/volokh/2025/06…
Ah, the calm of a family Christmastime.
This morning @POTUS granted clemency to nearly 1,500 people, including many placed on home confinement during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is great news and we hope for more grants of clemency before January 20. Read the @BrennanCenter's statement: brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…
Incredible news out of the White House this morning and hope the Biden administration continues to grant more clemency to thousands whose sentences continue to be disproportionately long whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
"Where was Gondor when the Westfold fell?" Turns out, orbiting Saturn.
Did you know Mt. Doom is literally a real place? By convention, mountains and hills on Saturn's planet-sized moon Titan are named for places and characters in Tolkien's Middle-earth. Happy #InternationalMountainDay!
The federal death penalty is unevenly applied, not humane, and lacks procedural safeguards. Timely, important work by my @BrennanCenter colleagues @RNidiry and Jessie Brenner: brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…
If Trump fulfills his promise to expand the federal death penalty, courts likely won’t do enough to protect the rights of those at the system’s mercy. President Biden has the power to stop potentially unjust executions — he should grant clemency to the 40 people on death row,…
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