Daniel L. Hatcher
@povertylawprof.bsky.social
Professor of Law, University of Baltimore Civil Advocacy Clinic, https://law.ubalt.edu/faculty/profiles/hatcher.cfm;
Author: Injustice, Inc. http://t.ly/tTYE; The Poverty Industry http://bit.ly/1OIEx4N
More writings here: https://t.ly/zlXsQ
Author: Injustice, Inc. http://t.ly/tTYE; The Poverty Industry http://bit.ly/1OIEx4N
More writings here: https://t.ly/zlXsQ
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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For I was hungry and you argued all the way up to the Supreme Court that poor people don’t deserve to eat.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
For I was hungry and you argued all the way up to the Supreme Court that poor people don’t deserve to eat.
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NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
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Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
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No one would be confused about what is happening here if they saw it in another country.
September 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
No one would be confused about what is happening here if they saw it in another country.
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The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House:
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The We Are All DC march to protest against Trump admin’s takeover of DC is currently heading toward the White House:
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
Via @benjalvarez1.bsky.social
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We can end the scandal of child poverty if we want to on.ft.com/4mtLcqZ | opinion
We can end the scandal of child poverty if we want to
Too often the very young are made to carry the consequences of decisions they haven’t made
on.ft.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We can end the scandal of child poverty if we want to on.ft.com/4mtLcqZ | opinion
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After more than 5 months of darkness, tonight's win is a major victory for people powered candidates, democracy, and a new vision for the Democratic Party led by a new generation.
June 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
After more than 5 months of darkness, tonight's win is a major victory for people powered candidates, democracy, and a new vision for the Democratic Party led by a new generation.
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Whew, this conclusion from the Fourth Circuit:
"We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos."
"We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos."
April 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Whew, this conclusion from the Fourth Circuit:
"We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos."
"We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos."
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Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
March 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
Indiana has worst ranked nursing homes, diverts billions from nursing home care
"Hatcher, a law professor at Univ. of Baltimore.. 'it shows a diversion of Medicaid funds'.. away from.. nursing home residents who desperately need it. "They are being used, not served."
www.indystar.com/story/news/i...
"Hatcher, a law professor at Univ. of Baltimore.. 'it shows a diversion of Medicaid funds'.. away from.. nursing home residents who desperately need it. "They are being used, not served."
www.indystar.com/story/news/i...
Residents suffer as county hospitals divert $2.6 billion from poorly staffed nursing homes
New data obtained by IndyStar through a public records lawsuit reveals the fullest picture yet of Indiana's secretive nursing home Medicaid scheme
www.indystar.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Indiana has worst ranked nursing homes, diverts billions from nursing home care
"Hatcher, a law professor at Univ. of Baltimore.. 'it shows a diversion of Medicaid funds'.. away from.. nursing home residents who desperately need it. "They are being used, not served."
www.indystar.com/story/news/i...
"Hatcher, a law professor at Univ. of Baltimore.. 'it shows a diversion of Medicaid funds'.. away from.. nursing home residents who desperately need it. "They are being used, not served."
www.indystar.com/story/news/i...
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If you have 13 minutes, well worth listening to @edwincpark.bsky.social explain how it's impossible to cut $880 billion in federal spending without cutting Medicaid and walk through how any proposals to make these federal cuts would strip millions of people of coverage. www.npr.org/transcripts/...
Republicans say Medicaid is safe. But budget math says otherwise : Consider This from NPR
House Republicans have to get their spending bill passed by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. They can likely afford to lose just one vote. And that's the easy part. Then they'll have to get work...
www.npr.org
March 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If you have 13 minutes, well worth listening to @edwincpark.bsky.social explain how it's impossible to cut $880 billion in federal spending without cutting Medicaid and walk through how any proposals to make these federal cuts would strip millions of people of coverage. www.npr.org/transcripts/...
"Hatcher said... It’s just not that complicated.” “The sole reason these foster care agencies exist is to protect and serve the welfare of vulnerable children. How is taking resources from those children possibly protecting their best interests?” imprintnews.org/top-stories/...
Minnesota Child Welfare Officials Urge: Protect Foster Youths' Benefits | The Imprint
In Minnesota, youth advocates want to end the practice of child welfare agencies using foster youths' federal benefits to pay for their care.
imprintnews.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"Hatcher said... It’s just not that complicated.” “The sole reason these foster care agencies exist is to protect and serve the welfare of vulnerable children. How is taking resources from those children possibly protecting their best interests?” imprintnews.org/top-stories/...
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Excited to submit this paper to journals this week, but most of all I want to thank...
January 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Excited to submit this paper to journals this week, but most of all I want to thank...
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The Alabama Parole and Pardon Board is content on keeping people incarcerated who are in the community every day working. They are safe enough to work during the day and return to prison at night- but not safe enough to be released. This is wrong in so many ways and they are just after the $$$$
"Convict leasing" "With a sprawling labor system that dates back more than 150 years — including the brutal convict leasing era that replaced slavery — [Alabama] has constructed a template for the commercialization of mass incarceration." #injusticeinc apnews.com/article/pris...
Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole
No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.
apnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Alabama Parole and Pardon Board is content on keeping people incarcerated who are in the community every day working. They are safe enough to work during the day and return to prison at night- but not safe enough to be released. This is wrong in so many ways and they are just after the $$$$
"Convict leasing" "With a sprawling labor system that dates back more than 150 years — including the brutal convict leasing era that replaced slavery — [Alabama] has constructed a template for the commercialization of mass incarceration." #injusticeinc apnews.com/article/pris...
Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole
No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.
apnews.com
December 22, 2024 at 6:55 PM
"Convict leasing" "With a sprawling labor system that dates back more than 150 years — including the brutal convict leasing era that replaced slavery — [Alabama] has constructed a template for the commercialization of mass incarceration." #injusticeinc apnews.com/article/pris...
Tennessee child welfare agencies look for foster children who are disabled or have dead parents and take their Social Security benefits, taking 6.5 million from children annually - and they also take millions more in child support from the parents nashvillebanner.com/2024/12/16/t...
Tennessee foster care system draws millions from children - Nashville Banner
Tennessee foster care system collects millions from children's Social Security payments, leaving them without access to their own funds.
nashvillebanner.com
December 19, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Tennessee child welfare agencies look for foster children who are disabled or have dead parents and take their Social Security benefits, taking 6.5 million from children annually - and they also take millions more in child support from the parents nashvillebanner.com/2024/12/16/t...
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For many sheriffs, deals with ICE have become a goldmine, turning their lockups into revenue-producing institutions fueled by federal dollars.
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
The Past and Present of Immigration Detention: Your Questions Answered
A historian of migrant detention responds to questions from <em>Bolts</em> readers on the vast network of local lockups that jail immigrants, and how it
boltsmag.org
December 15, 2024 at 10:00 PM
For many sheriffs, deals with ICE have become a goldmine, turning their lockups into revenue-producing institutions fueled by federal dollars.
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
boltsmag.org/the-pas...
Ramaswamy's claim is unsurprisingly false. Healthcare administrative costs higher in U.S. *because* privatization. For example, some estimates indicate admin costs in private insurance 7 times more than traditional Medicare (govt. option). Interesting comparison with Canada: time.com/5759972/heal...
December 6, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Ramaswamy's claim is unsurprisingly false. Healthcare administrative costs higher in U.S. *because* privatization. For example, some estimates indicate admin costs in private insurance 7 times more than traditional Medicare (govt. option). Interesting comparison with Canada: time.com/5759972/heal...
New Hampshire took $4.8 million in child support payments from the state’s poorest families last year, diverting the payments into state revenue www.sentinelsource.com/state_news/n...
NH kept $4.8 million in child support from the state’s poorest families last year. Officials say there’s ‘support’ to change that, but no action so far
Last year, New Hampshire retained more than $4.8 million in child support from about 13,000 Granite State families who are receiving cash assistance from the state, or have received it
www.sentinelsource.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:40 PM
New Hampshire took $4.8 million in child support payments from the state’s poorest families last year, diverting the payments into state revenue www.sentinelsource.com/state_news/n...
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