We need to see the full record to judge Kavanaugh’s veracity and integrity, which are both seriously in question now for a multitude of reasons.
Constitution Day Message from Bradley Whitford
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Judicial Selection
Every day, federal judges protect the Constitution, place a check on overzealous legislatures, and help Americans find justice.
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Bolder Advocacy
Demystifying and decoding advocacy by equipping organizations with knowledge and tools.
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Access to Justice
Over the past several decades, a conservative-led campaign has eviscerated the ability of Americans to have their day in court.
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Supreme Court
We fight to hold the court to the highest ethical standards, and we fight for a court that upholds the rights of everyday Americans.
Press Releases
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AFJ: We Applaud Ms. Ford’s Courage
Ever since the days when Anita Hill came forward decades ago, we have known that such a decision takes the utmost courage and comes at extraordinary personal risk. We applaud Ms. Ford’s courage, and we believe her.
AFJ in the News
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How Trump is winning the race to reshape the nation’s courts
A historic number of vacancies in America’s federal courts is giving Republicans the opportunity to put a soaring number of young, conservative judges on the bench as quickly as possible.
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Every Woman in America Is Watching
Op-Ed by Nan Aron
It’s hard enough hearing one more account of a woman who has lived with pain for decades. What makes it worse is how the White House and the Senate keep acting like it’s 1991 all over again.
Blog
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Brett Kavanaugh Gives Senators Evasive and Misleading Answers
Last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court were marked by frustration and prevarication: Frustration on the part of Democrats whose pointed questions to the nominee and calls for documents were largely stonewalled, and prevarication on the part of Kavanaugh who avoided direct answers and made statements that were too often misleading and disingenuous.
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AFJ Opposes Judicial Nominee Kobes
Kobes’s nomination stands in sharp contrast to this claim and suggests the opposite: that the White House is prioritizing ideology and Republican Party connections over credentials – while it continues to place candidates who are predominantly white men on the bench.
Yeomans Work
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This Year, Constitution Day Is Different
The election of Donald Trump has changed Constitution Day forever. He has brought home the tenuousness of our grasp on constitutional government. His unprincipled actions have skewered constitutional norms that made the government work and highlighted flaws in our ability to hold an unfit president to account. Constitution Day now has a never-before-experienced urgency.
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Trump is Unfit to Appoint a Supreme Court Justice
As the scheduled start of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing approaches, Republican leaders have rejected calls for delay pending resolution of the Mueller investigation, responding that Trump is president and can exercise all of the powers granted to him by Article II of the Constitution.
Featured Resource
Bolder Advocacy: “The Connection” New Edition Is Vital Guide for Nonprofits In Election Year
Alliance for Justice’s Bolder Advocacy program is excited to announce the fourth edition of “The Connection: Strategies for Creating and Operating 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s and Political Organizations,” its comprehensive guide for nonprofits that want to engage in assertive advocacy for their causes while staying in compliance with tax and campaign finance rules. This fourth edition of the guide is especially timely, as it sets out how 501(c)(4)s and political organizations can get involved in the upcoming midterm elections.
