Twenty years ago Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, like President Obama who nominated her, would have had little chance of such ascension in our society. Because these are the types of gains that the Equal Justice Society champions-removing barriers based on race and gender so that our nation’s promise of equal opportunity and equality underContinueContinue reading “Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan and the Intent Doctrine”
Monthly Archives: June 2010
EJS, Others File Brief with Sup. Ct. in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
The Equal Justice Society, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and four other non-profit organizations filed an amicus brief (download PDF) in the Supreme Court of the United States seeking review of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation. In Kasten, the petitioner argued that oral complaints shouldContinueContinue reading “EJS, Others File Brief with Sup. Ct. in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation”
EJS, Others File Brief on Prelim. Injunction Against Ariz. Anti-Immigrant Statute
The Equal Justice Society, the Asian American Institute and thirty-six other public interest organizations, represented pro bono by the law firm Covington & Burling LLP, have filed an amicus brief in Friendly House v. Whiting, supporting the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction against SB 1070, Arizona’s disturbing new immigration statute. The lawsuit, a classContinueContinue reading “EJS, Others File Brief on Prelim. Injunction Against Ariz. Anti-Immigrant Statute”