Press Releases
Jun 23, 2015
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch Urge DOJ to Appoint Special Prosecutor for CIA Torture
More Than 6 Months After Release of Senate Torture Report, the Groups Delivered Petition With More Than 110,000 Signatures
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 22, 2015
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û in Appeals Court TUESDAY Challenging Drone Program Secrecy
WHAT:The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan will hear oral arguments in lawsuits brought by the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û and The New York Times seeking Justice Dep...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 19, 2015
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Nebraska Secures $400,000 Grant to Fight Death Penalty Referendum
LINCOLN, Neb – The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Nebraska announced today that it recently secured a $400,000 grant from a national funder, Proteus Action League, to fight back against the death penal...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Jun 19, 2015
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Taps Karin Johanson as First National Political Director
Leading Legislative and Political Consultant Is Hired to Leverage ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s Political Power Nationwide
Jun 18, 2015
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of South Carolina Statement on Charleston Church Shooting
CHARLESTON – Victoria Middleton, executive director of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of South Carolina, had this comment in reaction to the killing of nine people last eveni...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 18, 2015
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling in Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans
NEW YORK – The Supreme Court issued its ruling today in Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans, a case about whether specialty license plates constitute government speech. Steven...
Court case: Walker v. Sons of Confederate Veterans
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