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Nov03

Civil Rights Groups Join Equal Justice Society in Brief Urging Court to Strike Down Anti-Equality Law in Michigan

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 1 Comment Tags: 14th Amendment, AAJC, AALDEF, Asian American Justice Center, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian Pacific American Legal Center APALC, Association of Asian American Attorney and CPA Firms, CAA, California Voting Rights Institute, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Council of Asian American Business Associations, Equal Protection Clause, equal rights advocates, eva paterson, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, michigan, National Women's Law Center, proposal 2, Public Advocates, South Asian Network, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Worksafe

The Equal Justice Society and more than a dozen other civil rights organizations this week filed an amicus brief (PDF) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, urging the court to strike down Michigan’s anti-equality Proposal 2 as unconstitutional. In its brief, EJS argues that Proposal 2 violates the Equal Protection Clause [...]

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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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Dec09

EJS 10th Anniversary Celebration at Yoshi’s Honors Founders, Sets Stage for New Efforts to Reclaim 14th Amendment

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: 10th anniversary, 14th Amendment, Abim Thomas, alan jenkins, Allegra Churchill, Angela Harris, April Williams, Archana Sahgal, Bob Hsiang, Carrie Avery, Catherine Samuels, charles ogletree, Cheryl Stevens, David Salniker, Elaine Elinson, Elizabeth Cabraser, Equal Protection Clause, Eric K. Yamamoto, eva paterson, Faye Carol, Ford Foundation, Gara LaMarche, Jack Londen, James J. Brosnahan, Joan Graff, Joe Lucero, John Bonifaz, John Kowal, kate kendell, Keith Kamisugi, Kenny Washington, Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Margalynne Armstrong, margaret russell, Maria Blanco, michelle alexander, Norm Spaulding, Open Society Institute, Quinn Delaney, Raquiba LaBrie, Rico Oyola, Sara Ríos, Shauna Marshall, Sheila Thomas, Soul of a Movement Meditations on Martin Luther King Jr, Stephanie Wildman, susan serrano, Swati Kapadia, Tobias B. Wolff, Wayne Jordan, Yoshi’s San Francisco

The Equal Justice Society celebrated its 10th anniversary on Dec. 7 with a gala fundraiser at Yoshi’s San Francisco featuring a concert by the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra with Faye Carol, Kenny Washington and Jeannine Anderson where they performed new songs from “Soul of a Movement: Meditations on Martin Luther King, Jr.” See photos of [...]

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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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Apr06

Georgetown Law Journal to Publish Article by EJS Motley Fellow Brando Simeo Starkey on Need for Equal Protection Re-Invigoration

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: 14th Amendment, affirmative action, Brando Simeo Starkey, Charles Lawrence, Equal Protection Clause, Fourteenth Amendment, Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives, Harvard Law Record, Harvard Law School, Inconsistent Originalism and the Need for Equal Protection Re-Invigoration, Institute for Law and Philosophy, Jamestown Project, John E. Cribbet Professor of Law and Philosophy, Judge Constance Baker Motley Fellow, Lawrence Solum, Legal Theory Blog, Originalists, Plessy v. Ferguson, The Id The Ego and Equal Protection, unconscious bias, University of Chicago School of Law, Washington v. Davis

An upcoming issue of the Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives will include the article “Inconsistent Originalism and the Need for Equal Protection Re-Invigoration” by Brando Simeo Starkey, the Equal Justice Society Judge Constance Baker Motley Fellow. The article can be downloaded here. After Washington v. Davis, the Equal Protection Clause, as [...]

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Posts Tagged ‘14th Amendment’

Civil Rights Groups Join Equal Justice Society in Brief Urging Court to Strike Down Anti-Equality Law in Michigan

Eva Paterson in Huffington Post – Protecting the 14th Amendment

EJS 10th Anniversary Celebration at Yoshi’s Honors Founders, Sets Stage for New Efforts to Reclaim 14th Amendment

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

Georgetown Law Journal to Publish Article by EJS Motley Fellow Brando Simeo Starkey on Need for Equal Protection Re-Invigoration

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