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Oct05

‘Litigating Implicit Bias’ Article by Eva Paterson in Latest Issue of Poverty & Race

Posted by Allison Elgart 1 Comment Tags: Allison Elgart, constitution, death penalty, discrimination, eva paterson, Intent Standard, Litigating Implicit Bias, Poverty & Race, Poverty & Race Research Action Council, PRRAC, racial bias, Washington v. Davis

“Litigating Implicit Bias,” an article by EJS President Eva Paterson, appears in the latest issue of Poverty & Race, a bi-monthly newsletter by the Poverty & Race Research Action Council. PRRAC is an organization that connects advocates with social scientists working on race and poverty issues and promotes a research-based advocacy strategy on structural inequality [...]

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Mar17

Eva Paterson in Huffington Post – Protecting the 14th Amendment

Posted by bilen 0 Comments Tags: 14th Amendment, Birthright Citizenship, Colfax Massacre, Equal Protection Clause, eva paterson, Inherently Unequal, u.s. supreme court

The following op-ed by EJS President Eva Paterson appears in Huffington Post. Protecting the 14th Amendment By Eva Paterson Huffington Post For almost 150 years, the 14th Amendment has been the backbone of civil rights law in America. Its protection of individual rights for all — from freed slaves to immigrants to workers fighting against [...]

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Mar08

Commentary by EJS’ Eva Paterson and Reggie Shuford in New America Media

Posted by bilen 0 Comments Tags: darensburg, eva paterson, implicit bias, institutional discrimination, new america media, Reggie Shuford, transit equality

The following op-ed by EJS President, Eva Paterson, and Director of Law and Policy, Reggie Shuford, appeared yesterday in New America Media. A recent decision handed down by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals raises this important question: Can victims of contemporary forms of discrimination and disparity find justice in our courts? The court [...]

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Oct14

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Voter Disenfranchisement Law, Citing Lack of ‘Intentional’ Discrimination

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 2 Comments Tags: 14th Amendment, African American, Farrakhan v. Gregoire, Intent Doctrine, McCleskey v. Kemp, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, voting rights, Voting Rights Act, Washington State, Washington v. Davis

A recent decision by an eleven-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit underscores the importance of the Equal Justice Society’s efforts to overturn the Intent Doctrine. Earlier this year, the Equal Justice Society (EJS), the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, and the American Parole and Probation Association submitted an amicus [...]

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Oct04

Reggie Shuford Lecture on Implicit Bias and the Law at Berkeley Law’s Ruth Chance Mondays

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: 14th Amendment, Atkins v. VA, Berkeley Law, Brown v. Board of Education, Chin v. Runnels, discrimination, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Equal Protection Clause, Fourth Amendment, Graham v. Florida, Grutter v. Bollinger, Houston Plan, Intent Doctrine, Lawrence v. TX, McCleskey v. Kemp, Plessy v. Ferguson, Reggie Shuford, Roper v. Simmons, Ruth Chance Monday, section 1981, supreme court, Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, Title VI, unconscious bias, Washington v. Davis

Reggie Shuford, EJS Director of Law and Policy, was the guest lecturer today at Ruth Chance Monday, sponsored by Berkeley Law’s Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice. Joining theory and practice, Ruth Chance Mondays is a biweekly luncheon speakers series that brings prominent social justice practitioners to Boalt Hall to discuss current issues and [...]

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Apr07

Senate Committee Approves Proposed Law to Reduce Discrimination in Death Penalty Sentencing (Updated)

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 1 Comment Tags: African American, Aundre Heron, California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, California Racial Justice Act, California Senate, criminal justice, latino, Public Safety Committee, sara jackson, SB 1331, SB1331, Sen. Bob Huff, Sen. Darrell Steinberg, Sen. Dave Cogdill, Sen. Gilbert Cedillo, Sen. Loni Hancock, Sen. Roderick Wright, Senate Bill 1331

UPDATE MAY 27, 2010: The Senate Appropriations Committee did not pass out the bill, which effectively kills it for this session. The state Senate Public Safety Committee yesterday approved a bill proposing changes in the criminal justice system to ensure that no one is sentenced to die because of race or ethnicity. Senate Bill 1331, [...]

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Jun19

Dying While Black: An Examination of Race and the California Death Penalty

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 3 Comments Tags: Claire Cooper, death penalty, discrimination, Intent Doctrine, Washington v. Davis

Photo by nodeathpenalty.org The foundation of the Equal Justice Society is based on the premise that racial justice cannot be achieved when the law fails to reflect actual experience. Under existing equal protection law, the constricted “Intent Doctrine” (as established in the 1976 United States Supreme Court decision Washington v. Davis) ignores much of what [...]

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Jun25

Intent Doctrine: Its Relationship to Seattle and Louisville School Cases and the Need to Preserve Brown’s Legacy

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 4 Comments

UPDATE JUNE 28: The Supreme Court today handed down its decision on the Seattle and Louisville schools cases. Read our statement here. This term, the Supreme Court faces a question that it set itself on a collision course with three decades ago.[1] The Court will decide whether school districts in Seattle and Louisville can consider [...]

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Archive for the ‘Intent Doctrine’ Category

‘Litigating Implicit Bias’ Article by Eva Paterson in Latest Issue of Poverty & Race

Eva Paterson in Huffington Post – Protecting the 14th Amendment

Commentary by EJS’ Eva Paterson and Reggie Shuford in New America Media

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Voter Disenfranchisement Law, Citing Lack of ‘Intentional’ Discrimination

Senate Committee Approves Proposed Law to Reduce Discrimination in Death Penalty Sentencing (Updated)

Dying While Black: An Examination of Race and the California Death Penalty

Intent Doctrine: Its Relationship to Seattle and Louisville School Cases and the Need to Preserve Brown’s Legacy

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