In reaction to the Department of Education’s Title IX guidance released this morning, Public Justice Kazan Budd Staff Attorney Alexandra Brodsky had this to say: “At a time when our country yearns for meaningful action, Betsy DeVos and the Trump Administration have instead decided to…
COVID-19 has caused extraordinary harm to Americans in a host of ways and we know that many of our Members are on the frontlines fighting to ensure justice prevails, even during a pandemic. At Public Justice, we’re fighting to protect people, too, and standing with…
To news that the Trump Administration is preparing to invoke the Defense Production Act for the sole purpose of keeping meatpacking plants open no matter their safety measures, and intends to draft an executive order shielding agribusiness corporations from many lawsuits regarding harm to workers…
By Janet Varnell Board Member Paul Bland Executive Director In response to the economic devastation created by the COVID-19 crisis, Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) as part of the CARES Act. The PPP provides extremely low-cost loans, which will be forgiven if a…
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the nation and the world, it is impossible to know how long we will be feeling its effects: all we know is that no one will be left untouched. Our frontline workers – doctors, nurses, grocery workers, transit workers, those…
Ask your Senators and Representatives to support the Disaster Protections for Workers’ Credit Act By Paul Bland Executive Director In the weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak began, nearly 10 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits. The numbers are historic, the graphs on the front…
Public Justice asks Santa Clara County Superior Court to provide for public and media access As courthouses physically close for everyone’s safety during the Covid-19 pandemic, public access to all legal proceedings – a right under the U.S. Constitution and many state constitutions – is…
By Paul Bland Executive Director Many people have reacted heroically during the COVID-19 crisis, caring for others (sometimes at great risk to themselves) and showing humanity and kindness. But, unfortunately, the crisis seems to have brought out the worst in some other people. Specifically, some…
By Leah Nicholls Senior Attorney On Friday, Public Justice client the National Press Photographers Association filed an amicus brief in a case in Victoria, Texas, urging the local district court to hold that the Texas statute governing use of drones violates the First Amendment of…
Appeals Court Deals a Blow to the Prison-Industrial Complex By Karla Gilbride Cartwright-Baron Staff Attorney On any given day in the United States, some 2.3 million people are locked up between state and federal prisons, local and county jails, and immigration detention centers. That’s more…