The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) today filed a case challenging Congress’s unconstitutional defunding of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). The case charges Congress with violating the Bill of Attainder provision in the U.S. Constitution, violating the Fifth Amendment right to due process, and infringing on the First Amendment right to … Continue reading Congress Charged with Violating Constitution in Vote to De-Fund ACORN
Author: Keith Kamisugi
President Obama Signs Bill Establishing Port Chicago, Site of Largest World War II Homefront Disaster, as Full Unit of National Park System
President Obama today signed legislation that will incorporate Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a full and permanent unit of our National Park System - enhancing the ability of the site to receive needed federal funding to share the important story of Port Chicago with the public. Five years ago at its inaugural gala, … Continue reading President Obama Signs Bill Establishing Port Chicago, Site of Largest World War II Homefront Disaster, as Full Unit of National Park System
EJS Screens Stirring Films on Incarceration and Family Detention
On Wednesday, October 14, more than 100 EJS members and friends from around the Bay Area joined us at the Sundance Kabuki Theater for the screening of two films about contemporary criminal justice issues. The screenings were spearheaded by EJS staffers Sara Jackson and Miguel Gavaldón. The Trust (http://www.trustcommunity.org), currently in post-production, takes a personal … Continue reading EJS Screens Stirring Films on Incarceration and Family Detention
EJS Accepting Applications for 2010-2011 Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship
UPDATE: The deadline has been extended to Jan. 11, 2010. The Equal Justice Society is now accepting applications for its 2010-2011 Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship, named after the first African American woman to serve on the federal bench. Applicants for the one-year paid fellowship should be recent law school graduates with up … Continue reading EJS Accepting Applications for 2010-2011 Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship
EJS Statement on ACORN
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has championed the rights of low and moderate income level families for more than three decades. With the backing of 400,000 member families in about 75 cities across 40 states, ACORN has become a target of the Right Wing de-legitimization machine. Just as Van Jones was … Continue reading EJS Statement on ACORN
EJS Statement on ACORN
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has championed the rights of low and moderate income level families for more than three decades. With the backing of 400,000 member families in about 75 cities across 40 states, ACORN has become a target of the Right Wing de-legitimization machine. Just as Van Jones was … Continue reading EJS Statement on ACORN
Video: Eva Paterson, Tobias Wolff Talk on Prop. 8 at Hammer Forum
Eva Paterson and EJS board member Tobias Barrington Wolff appeared at the Hammer Forum on Sept. 10 to discuss the uncertain future of marriage equality in California. While more states move to legalize same-sex marriage, California has instead eliminated this right with the passage of Proposition 8.
Video: Eva Paterson, Tobias Wolff Talk on Prop. 8 at Hammer Forum
Eva Paterson and EJS board member Tobias Barrington Wolff appeared at the Hammer Forum on Sept. 10 to discuss the uncertain future of marriage equality in California. While more states move to legalize same-sex marriage, California has instead eliminated this right with the passage of Proposition 8.