Jim Brosnahan's commentary was published today on Law.com. Mr. Brosnahan is a member of the Equal Justice Society board of directors.This is a one-sided debate that is addressed to you, Richard Peterson. You have listed yourself as a faculty member of Pepperdine University School of Law and you have, as is your right under the … Continue reading Jim Brosnahan: A Debate With Myself on Proposition 8
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New TV Ad Exposes Ward Connerly as Affirmative Action Profiteer
The Ballot Initiative Strategy Center today launched a new TV ad in Colorado and Nebraska highlighting how Ward Connerly has personally profited off his efforts to re-write state constitutions with his misleadingly named "civil rights" ballot initiatives.BISC also launched a new website on Wednesday, BigMoneyConnerly.com, which is the most comprehensive one-stop shop for research and … Continue reading New TV Ad Exposes Ward Connerly as Affirmative Action Profiteer
Calif. Supreme Court Rejects Richard Sander Request for Confidential Bar Exam Data
UPDATE (SEPT. 19): There was an error in the commentary we included in our Sept. 18 email about the California Supreme Court's denial of the lawsuit against the State Bar of California brought by UCLA Law professor Richard Sander and the California First Amendment Coalition. (The commentary was published today on the Los Angeles Times website.)The commentary inadvertently cited the … Continue reading Calif. Supreme Court Rejects Richard Sander Request for Confidential Bar Exam Data
National Council of La Raza’s New WeCanStopTheHate.org
A revamped website launched today by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) documents how hate groups in the U.S. have been reenergized by the immigration debate and how the growing intolerance fanned by these groups is leading to a record increase in hate crimes against Latinos.The website, WeCanStopTheHate.org, spotlights hate in the immigration debate … Continue reading National Council of La Raza’s New WeCanStopTheHate.org
Privacy, Not Political Correctness: Ideology, Not Science, Behind Richard Sander Request for Confidential Bar Exam Data
EJS submitted the following commentary by Anthony Solana, Jr. and Sara Jackson in response to an opinion piece written by Peter Scheer of the California First Amendment Coalition. CFAC has joined UCLA Law professor Richard Sander in a lawsuit demanding that the State Bar of California turn over confidential data on state bar exam takers … Continue reading Privacy, Not Political Correctness: Ideology, Not Science, Behind Richard Sander Request for Confidential Bar Exam Data
Privacy, Not Political Correctness: Ideology, Not Science, Behind Richard Sander Request for Confidential Bar Exam Data
EJS submitted the following commentary by Anthony Solana, Jr. and Sara Jackson in response to an opinion piece written by Peter Scheer of the California First Amendment Coalition. CFAC has joined UCLA Law professor Richard Sander in a lawsuit demanding that the State Bar of California turn over confidential data on state bar exam takers … Continue reading Privacy, Not Political Correctness: Ideology, Not Science, Behind Richard Sander Request for Confidential Bar Exam Data
Julian Bond Introduces Ben Jealous, New President of the NAACP
Next week a new chapter will begin at the NAACP when Benjamin Todd Jealous, 35, becomes only the 17th President of the NAACP in its 99-year history, wrote NAACP chairman Julian Bond in an email today.Ben has been an ally of the Equal Justice Society since our founding and all of us here are proud … Continue reading Julian Bond Introduces Ben Jealous, New President of the NAACP
James Rucker: Are we finally ready to help rebuild the Gulf Coast?
James Rucker of ColorOfChange.org today sent out an email promoting a bill in Congress that will give Katrina survivors a fair chance to rebuild their lives. But it won't become law if enough representatives don't stand up to support it.Three years after Hurricane Katrina, there's finally legislation.The Gulf Coast Civic Works Act would hire 100,000 … Continue reading James Rucker: Are we finally ready to help rebuild the Gulf Coast?