Analysis & Commentary
Justice
New York Must Keep Helping Homeowners
New Yorkers should demand adequate legal representation and counseling for our neighbors facing foreclosure. The investment will pay off for all of us.
Authored by: Mark Ladov and Roopal Patel
– 12/29/11
Supreme Court Preview, Second Session: Access to Justice, National Security, and Civil Liberties
In advance of the second session of the Supreme Court's 2011 term, the Brennan Center calls attention to five cases involving important issues of access to justice, national security, and civil liberties.
Authored by: Sidney S. Rosdeitcher and William J. Taylor, Jr.
– 10/26/11
Supreme Court Preview: Access to Justice
In advance of the Supreme Court opening its 2011 term, the Brennan Center calls attention to four cases raising important issues of access to justice.
Authored by: Sidney S. Rosdeitcher and William J. Taylor, Jr.
– 09/27/11
Immigrants Deserve Equal Access to the Courts
The ABA should vote to increase language access in the courts. This will show the nation that the legal profession is serious about ensuring that the courts are accessible to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, language ability and income
Authored by: Laura Abel and Tina Matsuoka
– 08/01/11
Reasons to Oppose the Government Litigation Savings Act
This fact sheet summarizes how proposed federal legislation would unjustly prohibit those seeking to enforce important rights – such as free speech, gun rights, pollution protections, religious freedoms, and other civil rights – from recovering attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act or EAJA.
– 07/01/11
FY 2012 Appropriations Process for Civil Legal Services
Overview of efforts to ensure adequate funding for legal services and repeal restrictions in the FY 2012 appropriations process.
– 06/02/11
Cuts Threaten Civil Legal Aid
This page documents the economic recession's impact on civil legal services for the poor.
Authored by: Neeta Pal
– 04/22/11
FY 2011 Appropriations Process for Civil Legal Services
Overview of efforts to ensure adequate funding for legal services and repeal restrictions in the FY 2011 appropriations process.
– 03/01/11
Secrecy, Fear, and the National Security State: A lecture on American democracy
Fritz Schwarz delivered a lecture entitled "The National Security State and Other Dangers to Democracy" on November 11, 2010, at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Free University of Berlin.
"Crisis and its cousin fear always make it tempting to ignore the wise restraints that keep us free. That is not new. But America has been living in an atmosphere of crisis for an unusally long time."
Authored by: Frederick A.O. "Fritz" Schwarz, Jr.
– 11/22/10