Keith Kamisugi

Social Scientists File Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

A group of social scientists today filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court with research offering a deeper understanding of how a diverse educational environment benefits White students as well as students of color, and why diversity benefits society as whole, even more than previously understood. The brief cites studies, provided to theContinueContinue reading “Social Scientists File Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin”

EJS Supports Coalition Demanding SF Mayor Abandon Proposed “Stop-and-Frisk” Policy

The Coalition for Safe San Francisco, along with EJS and dozens of other community organizations, civil rights groups and professional bar associations, sent a letter today to Mayor Edwin Lee, expressing alarm and opposition to his statements in support of implementing a “stop-and-frisk” policy in San Francisco. On June 27, Mayor Lee told the SanContinueContinue reading “EJS Supports Coalition Demanding SF Mayor Abandon Proposed “Stop-and-Frisk” Policy”

Bill Kennedy Reaction to ACA Decision

William Kennedy is the Managing Attorney of LSNC’s Sacramento office. He shares with us below his reaction to yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act: Chief Justice John Roberts limited the traditional extension of the Commerce Clause in the part of the plan that would use the Medicaid infrastructure to expand benefits toContinueContinue reading “Bill Kennedy Reaction to ACA Decision”