It is with deep sorrow that all of us at the Equal Justice Society mourn the passing of Barbara Caulfield, a member of our board of directors. “Barbara and I met when we were young women at Northwestern University during the 1960s,” said EJS President Eva Paterson. “She was a fighter at that early ageContinueContinue reading “EJS Mourns the Passing of Barbara Caulfield”
Author Archives: Keith Kamisugi
EJS Joins Other Organizations in Court Brief Supporting Judge Walker’s Decision on Prop. 8
The Equal Justice Society and more than forty public interest organizations represented pro bono by the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP today filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals arguing on behalf of gay and lesbian plaintiffs in Perry v. Schwarzenegger. In August, Judge Vaughn Walker, of the U.S.ContinueContinue reading “EJS Joins Other Organizations in Court Brief Supporting Judge Walker’s Decision on Prop. 8”
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Voter Disenfranchisement Law, Citing Lack of ‘Intentional’ Discrimination
A recent decision by an eleven-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit underscores the importance of the Equal Justice Society’s efforts to overturn the Intent Doctrine. Earlier this year, the Equal Justice Society (EJS), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, and the American Parole and Probation Association submitted an amicusContinueContinue reading “Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Voter Disenfranchisement Law, Citing Lack of ‘Intentional’ Discrimination”