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Every day, federal judges protect the Constitution, place a check on overzealous legislatures, and help Americans find justice.
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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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We fight to hold the court to the highest ethical standards, and we fight for a court that upholds the rights of everyday Americans.
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AFJ: ACA Anniversary Highlights Trump Strategy to Destroy Health Care
This year’s anniversary of the ACA reminds us that since President Trump and his allies in Congress were unable to destroy the ACA through legislation, they have a new strategy: trying to destroy it through the courts.
AFJ in the News
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Democratic Presidential Candidates Should Promise to Appoint This Kind of Judge to the Federal Courts
Too few judges have any experience representing indigent criminal defendants, and without more public defenders on the bench, the rights of criminal defendants can never be fully secured. This is hardly a new problem but it has been exacerbated by Trump, who has yet to appoint a single public defender to the federal bench.
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A closer look at Trump’s war on the courts
If, however, there is a single, most important exception to Trump’s losing record over the past 26 months, it has to be in the battle over the federal courts.
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Chad Readler’s Lack of Conscience
Like almost all Trump judicial nominees, Readler has a record of working to undermine constitutional rights and legal protections for all Americans. He has attacked voting rights and rights for women and LGBTQ Americans; worked to eliminate the right to public education in Ohio; defended attacks on immigrants; and sought to weaken protections for workers and consumers.
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Take Roberts Court Defense with a Grain of Salt
For those who have long been fed up with President Trump’s relentless attacks on judges and the justice system, recent days provided a seeming bright spot: the Chief Justice offered a rare pushback against the President. Chief Justice Roberts’s comments that there are no partisan “Obama judges” as the President alleged – nor “Bush judges,” “Clinton judges” or “Trump judges” – looked for all the world like Roberts was claiming some sort of moral high ground. Yet progressives should be very wary of the Chief Justice’s remarks.
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Trump Stonewalls Congress
Democratic leaders, including Nancy Pelosi, have discouraged movement toward impeachment for now. Their rationale has been twofold: the House of Representatives’ time and energy would be better spent pursuing substantive legislation and, in any event, House committees will conduct oversight investigations that will shine devastating light on the operation of the Trump administration. Both rationales make sense for the short-term political benefits they yield, but, in the end, both blink at reality.
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Pelosi Did Not Kill Impeachment
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ignited the chattering class this week by stating: “Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path, because it divides the country. And he’s just not worth it.” Trump and his supporters were quick to read full exoneration into her comments. In reality, the statement should have no effect on the work of the House of Representatives. It means that impeachment makes no sense before we’ve seen what emerges from Mueller and the oversight work of the committees. At some point down the investigative road, the House will decide whether to begin formal impeachment proceedings.
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Bolder Advocacy: “The Connection” New Edition Is Vital Guide for Nonprofits
The fourth edition of “The Connection: Strategies for Creating and Operating 501(c)(3)s, 501(c)(4)s and Political Organizations,” is a comprehensive guide for nonprofits that want to engage in assertive advocacy for their causes while staying in compliance with tax and campaign finance rules.
