Archive for April, 2009

Apr30

EJS Supports Call for Criminal Investigation Into Torture

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On Wednesday, April 29, 2009, the Board and Staff of the Equal Justice Society sent the following to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees: The Equal Justice Society would like to go on record as supporting the call to start a criminal investigation by a special counsel into harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects. We have [...]

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Apr30

Staff Updates: Sara Jackson, Claudia Peña and Danfeng Soto-Vigil Koon

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By David Salniker EJS is delighted to announce that, as of May 1, Sara Jackson, our 2007-8 Motley Fellow and National Network Coordinator, has been promoted to the position of Staff Attorney. Sara has been doing extraordinary work as our liaison to the Impact209 Coalition in California and as our contact to the national and [...]

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Apr30

EJS Continues its Work to Expand Equal Opportunity

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By Sara Jackson The Equal Justice Society continues its efforts to challenge Proposition 209, and advocate for the continued importance of equal opportunity policies and programs. Over the past several months, EJS and the Impact 209 Coalition collaborated with Drew Westen of Westen Strategies and Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners to conduct messaging and [...]

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Apr30

EJS Files Amicus Briefs in Several Supreme Court Cases

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By Kimberly Thomas Rapp and Claudia Peña The U.S. Supreme Court this term is hearing a number of cases that may have important implications for maintaining and advancing civil rights in the years ahead. EJS has partnered with colleagues around the country to file amicus curiae or friend of the court briefs in several matters. [...]

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Apr30

Supreme Court Spotlight: Litigation Strategies in the Roberts Court Era

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By Kimberly Thomas Rapp Since its founding, EJS has been working with allies to counter the conservative right-wing imbalance in the courts that has limited the reach of antidiscrimination law and undermined civil rights policy. As a part of this effort, we continue to collaborate with Supreme Court litigators, general counsels and attorneys of legal [...]

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Apr30

Kellogg Foundation Awards Equal Justice Society Three-Year Grant

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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded the Equal Justice Society (EJS) a $1 million, three-year grant to support the organization’s ongoing efforts to address structural racial inequities, restore equal protection jurisprudence and help build a public platform – a “Grand Alliance” – for the racial justice advocacy movement. EJS is a national strategy group heightening [...]

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Apr22

Calif. Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases

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UPDATE: Article by the San Francisco Chronicle’s Bob Egelko. California State Attorney General Jerry Brown today filed a brief (PDF) with the state Supreme Court today opining that article 1, section 31 of the California Constitution (Prop. 209) is unconstitutional as applied in certain circumstances. The letter brief was filed in response to the Supreme [...]

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Apr17

New Project to Study and Combat Unconscious Racism, Identify What Triggers Racial Bias and Political Consequences

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The election of President Obama shows how far America has progressed in overcoming the racial divides that for so long scarred this country. But while overt racism is less and less acceptable in America, unconscious racial bias still plays a large role in our politics and society, as a new project launched this week by [...]

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