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In the News: Calls for SCOTUS Ethics Probe Grow as Court Lawyer Defends Alito
Julia Conley writes for Common Dreams: Demands for a congressional investigation into potential ethics violations at the U.S. Supreme Court intensified Monday after a lawyer for the court refused to answer questions from two lawmakers about allegations regarding...
Federal Court Reform: What Comes Next?
Once the dust has settled after the election, you may be wondering, what are our options for court reform in a new Congress? Hear from experts in the field about options for reforming the courts and take a deep dive on disempowering reforms and learn how we can take...
In the News: James Ho’s Yale Law Boycott Only Matters If Students Allow It
PPP's own Steve Kennedy writes for Balls & Strikes: Conservatives will never stop complaining about cancel culture at elite universities where, despite having a fast track to the judiciary for their fellow travelers in the Federalist Society, they see student...
Request for Proposals: Organizational Development Consultant
The People’s Parity Project seeks to retain an experienced Organizational Development Consultant for up to three months to lead our Executive Director and Board of Directors in assessing the organization’s strategic plan, current programs, and long-term capacity,...
In the News: Gov. Whitmer, it’s time to diversify the Michigan Supreme Court
PPP's own Nairobi Cratic wrote for Bridge Michigan: "Gov. Whitmer should follow President Biden’s lead and appoint a justice who will bring professional diversity to the makeup of the Michigan Supreme Court and protect the rights of Michigan residents for decades to...
In the News: Where Are They Now? Trump Administration Edition.
Megan K. Stack writes for the New York Times: King & Spalding represented the Trump re-election campaign in a lawsuit that sought to prevent North Carolina election officials from honoring the state’s new rules on mail-in ballots. For this work, King &...
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In the News: Calls for SCOTUS Ethics Probe Grow as Court Lawyer Defends Alito
Julia Conley writes for Common Dreams: Demands for a congressional investigation into potential ethics violations at the U.S. Supreme Court intensified Monday after a lawyer for the court refused to answer questions from two lawmakers about allegations regarding...
In the News: Gov. Whitmer, it’s time to diversify the Michigan Supreme Court
PPP's own Nairobi Cratic wrote for Bridge Michigan: "Gov. Whitmer should follow President Biden’s lead and appoint a justice who will bring professional diversity to the makeup of the Michigan Supreme Court and protect the rights of Michigan residents for decades to...
In the News: Where Are They Now? Trump Administration Edition.
Megan K. Stack writes for the New York Times: King & Spalding represented the Trump re-election campaign in a lawsuit that sought to prevent North Carolina election officials from honoring the state’s new rules on mail-in ballots. For this work, King &...
In the News: New ‘zine from Senator Markey details urgent and immediate need to #ExpandTheCourt
As the U.S. Supreme Court today begins its new term in the wake of its far-right majority repealing the fundamental right to abortion care last June, Senator Ed Markey reiterated his call to #ExpandTheCourt in his new ‘zine. Senator Markey’s proposed legislation, the...
In the News: Big Law’s Nightmare: Ethics Issues Scare Away New Recruits
Roy Strom writes for Bloomberg Law: University of Michigan Law School [...] students began a campaign to boycott firms that worked on election issues that aided Trump [...] The People’s Parity Project, a group of activist law students, pushed the Michigan boycott...
In the News: How Biden’s Biggest Achievement Got Derailed
Alexander Sammon writes about judicial nominees for The American Prospect: The Biden White House far outpaced other Democratic administrations in filling vacancies, actually confirming the most judges for a first-year president since Ronald Reagan; Donald Trump only...
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Just learned that one of our major local law firms that is prominently featured as a sponsor of bar association events and legal aid organizations spends its days defending major corporations against veterans' mesothelioma claims. Love this for us
It bears repeating over and over and over again that forced arbitration is central to abuses of corporate power. It squelches private enforcement, and we're left with public enforcement agencies that don't have anywhere near the resources to attack these issues alone. https://twitter.com/leah_nylen/status/1600173553420099589
@FTC Chair Khan speaking at the WSJ CEO Council this AM on taking on the biggest companies: The FTC is “entirely outgunned, especially when we are up against some of the most formidable and wealthiest and most powerful companies in America."
Funding for the NLRB has been static since 2014, even as petitions to form a union are up 58% in 2022 compared with 2021.
If we don't fully fund the NLRB, the laws that protect unionizing workers go unenforced. Tell your senators that's unacceptable: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/fund-the-nlrb/
No serious person can believe that firms that make their money by defending corporations who destroy the environment and exploit workers are hostile to conservatism - they are its main defenders.
"What the Court of Appeals does affects the same sweep of life and law that the Supreme Court does. Courts like this need diversity of experience. They need judges in their collective who come in with different sensitivities and appreciations." https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2022/11/29/hochul-s-chief-judge-pick-will-be-closely-watched