Daniel L. Hatcher
Professor of Law, University of Baltimore Civil Advocacy Clinic, law.ubalt.edu/faculty/profiles/ha…
Author: Injustice, Inc. t.ly/tTYE; The Poverty Industry bit.ly/1OIEx4N
More writings here: t.ly/zlXsQ
- Reposted by Daniel L. HatcherFive of Louisiana’s seven parole board members were appointed by Gov. Jeff Landry, including ex-Sheriff Steve Prator, who once said prior criminal justice reforms would release “good” inmates whom prisons depended on “to wash cars” and “cook in the kitchen.” With @veritenews.org
- Reposted by Daniel L. HatcherOne of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
- Reposted by Daniel L. HatcherA reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
- Reposted by Daniel L. HatcherJoint Statement- Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Spain on the Events in Venezuela Jan 4, 2026 1. We express our profound concern and firmly reject the military actions undertaken unilaterally in Venezuelan territory. These actions contravene fundamental principles of international law
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- Reposted by Daniel L. HatcherI guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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- "A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it." stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
- Reposted by Daniel L. Hatchera 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.
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- Reposted by Daniel L. HatcherNEW: 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.
- Reposted by Daniel L. HatcherHorrific 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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- Reposted by Daniel L. HatcherThe 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
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- Reposted by Daniel L. HatcherMusk 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...
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- 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...
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- "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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- "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...
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- 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...
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- Reposted by Daniel L. HatcherNonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. We built a database so you can more easily search these organizations' finances — which we just updated with a total of ~350k new contributions and expenditures: propub.li/4i01FSv