On the 35th anniversary of LSC, President Barack Obama repeats his call for the repeal of the most onerous legal services restrictions in a presidential proclamation.
Members of Congress call on the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee to repeal three of the major restrictions on legal services providers receiving grants from the federal Legal Services Corporation.
On June 3, 2009, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy provided testimony for the New York Senate Elections Committee on New York State’s campaign finance problems and some of the constitutional issues related to campaign finance regulations
Organized by the Brennan Center, a letter from over 100 groups urging Congress to lift several of the restrictions on Legal Services Corporation grantees.
Emily Berman submitted a Statement for the Record regarding the most troubling legal deficiencies in the three May 2005 memoranda issued by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts.
Testimony on Senate Bill 4317, which would change the deadline for enrolling in a political party before a primary election, before the New York Senate Elections Committee.
