On Monday, August 9, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis, released its opinion on its ruling reversing a lower court’s February 2020 dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the Arkansas Ag-Gag law as unconstitutional, holding that animal advocates can prospectively challenge ag-gag laws that enable factory farms and…
Bryson Wants To Take On Systemic Oppression as Organization’s Leader By Karen Ocamb, Director of Media Relations “I feel like I’ve won the lottery of life,” says attorney Dan Bryson, beyond buoyant about being elected the new President of Public Justice. “I’m able to be a member of this organization and to have the time…
Download PDF Dear President Biden: On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the undersigned organizations, we write to thank you and Vice President Kamala Harris for your renewed commitment to passing the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. We are especially grateful to you…
Public Justice’s 2021 Trial Lawyer of the Year award was awarded to two legal teams who each won landmark cases – one of which involved taking on police brutality and corruption in the City of East Cleveland, and the other involving a historic breach-of-trust class action lawsuit granting thousands of Native Hawaiians their long-awaited homesteads.…
By Karen Ocamb, Director of Media Relations Kelly Simon pauses. Public Justice’s Development Director is usually unflappably gregarious but being asked how she feels about being this year’s Huntington Hero Award honoree took her aback. “I know that my wife Melissa is certainly proud,” Simon says almost bashfully. “But when I think about me being…
It’s Pride Month and Rainbow Flags are visible everywhere. But 2021 is officially the worst year in recent history for anti-LGBTQ legislative attacks with more than 250 bills introduced or passed in statehouses around the country, according to the Human Rights Campaign. In the ongoing backlash against marriage equality, many of the bills target transgender…
Public Justice is dismayed at the Biden Administration’s refusal to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard for all workers in dangerous environments. While Public Justice applauds the administration’s issuance of mandatory protections for healthcare workers, the ETS must be expanded to include all workplaces where workers are in danger of contracting the virus. COVID-19 has killed…
View PDF June 8, 2021 Solidarity Statement Denouncing the Increase in Antisemitic Hate Crimes The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and 55 civil and human rights organizations, firmly denounce the recent rise in antisemitic hate crimes. Antisemitism is sadly not new in this country; however, in recent years, we have witnessed more violent and frequent anti-Jewish hate incidents and…
We’re excited to announce that civil rights attorney Ben Crump will receive our 2021 Champion of Justice Award! As one of the nation’s most renowned advocates for social justice, Mr. Crump’s legal advocacy focuses on his pursuit of justice for the families of those who have been impacted by our nation’s ongoing epidemic of police…