Archive for November, 2009

Nov20

UC Fee Hike Endangers Our Future, EJS Stands With Protesters

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Photo by kendrak from Flickr used under Creative Commons license The Equal Justice Society stands in solidarity with the thousands of student protesters opposing the 32 percent fee hike recently adopted by the University of California Board of Regents. (Follow the protest on Twitter @ucbprotest and #ucstrike) This tuition hike will bring the total cost [...]

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Nov19

MALDEF Honors Civil Rights Icons, EJS Board Chair Anthony Solana, Jr. and Others at 35th Annual Los Angeles Awards Gala

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MALDEF last week celebrated its 35th Annual Los Angeles Awards Gala at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, honoring civil rights icons and trailblazers who have been critical partners in advancing the goals of the community and providing social justice for Latinos. More than a thousand advocates, elected officials, attorneys, corporate leaders and city officials were in [...]

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Nov12

Eric Yamamoto, University of Hawai’i Law Professor and EJS Board Member, Honored for Outstanding Contributions to Justice

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Professor Eric Yamamoto received the 2009 Ha’aheo Award for outstanding contributions to justice for communities in Hawai’i and beyond. The award was presented by the American Board of Trial Advocates (Hawai’i Chapter), a national organization of prominent trial attorneys. “It sounds like an exaggeration, but Eric Yamamoto truly is a model law professor in multiple [...]

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Nov12

Congress Charged with Violating Constitution in Vote to De-Fund ACORN

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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 [...]

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