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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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Mar02

Reggie Shuford to Join EJS as Director of Law and Policy

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: ACLU, affirmative action, American Civil Liberties Union, Ballot Initiatives, death penalty, Director of Law and Policy, educational adequacy and equity, Equal Protection Clause, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Harvard Law School, Hon. Henry E. Frye, Intent Doctrine, litigator, No-Fly List, prop 209, racial discrimination, Racial Justice Program, racial profiling, racism, Reggie Shuford, Richard Schwartz & Associates, right to counsel for indigents, school to prison pipeline, u.s. supreme court, University of North Carolina School of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law Distinguished Alumnus Award, violence in the African American community, war on terror, Ward Connerly, Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow

After an extensive search process, the Equal Justice Society today announced that we’ve hired Reggie Shuford as our new Director of Law and Policy. He’ll be joining us in mid-May. EJS has long wanted to engage in the next level of overturning the Intent Doctrine. Finding just the right Director of Law and Policy was [...]

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Jun01

Bittersweet Week: Judge Sotomayor, Prop 8 Upheld, Ron Takaki Passes; Launching ConfirmSotomayor.org

Posted by Keith Kamisugi 0 Comments Tags: barack obama, california supreme court, confirmsotomayor, facebook, National Council of La Raza, nclr, prop 8, ronald takaki, sonia sotomayor, u.s. supreme court

We experienced last week several gut-wrenching and rejoiceful moments. On Tuesday, May 26, President Barack Obama announced his historic nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. On the same morning, the California Supreme Court ruled against marriage equality by upholding Prop. 8. The following day brought news that a preeminent scholar on our [...]

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Posts Tagged ‘u.s. supreme court’

Eva Paterson in Huffington Post – Protecting the 14th Amendment

Reggie Shuford to Join EJS as Director of Law and Policy

Bittersweet Week: Judge Sotomayor, Prop 8 Upheld, Ron Takaki Passes; Launching ConfirmSotomayor.org

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