EJS Supports Effort to Protect Communities from Transit Discrimination

The Equal Justice Society is supporting efforts by Transit Riders for Public Transportation (transitriders.net) to have Congress expressly establish a private right of action in the Federal Surface Transportation Authorization Act (FSTAA) that enforces the disparate impact regulations adopted by the Department of Transportation (DOT). By restoring private enforcement of DOT’s antidiscrimination regulations, the FSTAAContinueContinue reading “EJS Supports Effort to Protect Communities from Transit Discrimination”

Coalition Urges Congress Not to Confirm Sharon Browne to Legal Services Corporation Board

UPDATE2: New posts on Huffington Post and Think Progress. UPDATE: Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle covers the opposition to Browne in a Feb. 3, 2010, article and join us for a Feb. 11 briefing by Alliance for Justice on the Browne nomination. A coalition of more than seventy civil rights, women’s rights, consumer,ContinueContinue reading “Coalition Urges Congress Not to Confirm Sharon Browne to Legal Services Corporation Board”

Coalition Urges Congress Not to Confirm Sharon Browne to Legal Services Corporation Board

UPDATE2: New posts on Huffington Post and Think Progress. UPDATE: Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle covers the opposition to Browne in a Feb. 3, 2010, article and join us for a Feb. 11 briefing by Alliance for Justice on the Browne nomination. A coalition of more than seventy civil rights, women’s rights, consumer,ContinueContinue reading “Coalition Urges Congress Not to Confirm Sharon Browne to Legal Services Corporation Board”