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Matthew Segal

Matthew Segal is the legal director of the ACLU of Massachusetts.

July 2016

  • Judge and gavel in courtroom<br>** Do not use to illustrate British legal stories - gavels aren’t used in English courts ** DEEN3W Judge and gavel in courtroom

    Beyond #BlackLivesMatter: police reform must be bolstered by legal action

    Matthew Segal
    Courts have shaped American policing by defanging the fourth amendment’s prohibition on ‘unreasonable searches and seizures’

October 2015

  • homeless

    When we ban begging we take away the first amendment rights of the poor

    Matthew Segal
    It is cruel and unfair to say that governments can regulate words spoken by the poor but not by the wealthy, who can afford TV ads and lobbyists
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