Justice Issues

The Corporate Court 

Under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, the U.S. Supreme Court is furthering a political agenda that consistently favors big corporations over average citizens. In the past several years, the Corporate Court has radically rewritten laws in order to shield big business from liability, insulate corporate interests from regulation, make it easier for companies to discriminate, and enabled powerful interests to flood our election process with special interest dollars. In June 2010, AFJ launched a campaign to raise awareness about how the Court – led by Chief Justice John Roberts – has been transformed from a fair and independent institution into a highly politicized "Corporate Court." 
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Supreme Court Ethics Reform

Holding the Supreme Court to a lower ethical standard undermines the Court’s appearance of independence and impartiality. That’s why AFJ is calling on Congress to step in and apply the same rules that apply to all other judges to the justices on the Supreme Court.  
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Civil Justice

The Alliance for Justice believes in a fair, just, and free America where everyone has equal access to, and can fully participate in, our democracy. Our work on “access to justice” issues is aimed at protecting and strengthening America’s civil justice system, which provides a fair and balanced process by which everyday Americans can defend their rights and hold the most powerful interests accountable.  
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Crude Justice 

Alliance for Justice's newest short film, Crude Justice, examines the ongoing search for justice among the victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Shot on location in Louisiana, the film explores the damage done by this unimaginable environmental calamity to the lives and livelihoods of the people who depend on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico for their income, their food, and the continuation of their culture.  
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Accountability for Torture 

President Barack Obama ended six years of American torture of suspected terrorists arising from the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks. The torture was originally outlined and sanctioned in 2002 by a series of memos drafted by lawyers in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel. Were these lawyers simply giving the President their best legal advice? Or was their work part of a larger conspiracy to distort the law and authorize torture? Attorney General Eric Holder must uphold the Constitution and the law by releasing the OPR report and authorizing a full investigation of those who ordered, designed, and justified torture. 
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Citizens United:  What Now? 

In a sweeping decision on January 28, 2010, the five conservative justices on the Supreme Court have fundamentally changed the rules of the game when it comes to our nation’s elections. In this abrupt break from the past, the Roberts court bent over backwards to rehear this argument in order to reach a broad decision that overturns key campaign finance precedents and creates a major constitutional shift in campaign finance law.
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