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ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
As we honor Juneteenth, we reflect on how racism and white supremacy have and continue to shape our laws and legal systems. ACS is committed to truth, racial healing, and transformation in pursuit of racial equity and a genuinely multiracial democracy.
#FreedomDay
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
The Justice Department's new policy says explicitly that federal officers and agents must step in if they see other officers using excessive force.
They also have to render or call for medical aid when it's needed.
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ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
Congratulations to Federal Defender, law professor, and @ACS_DCChapter Board Member @AkinAdepoju on the well-deserved Public Interest Champion For Justice Award! #ChampionForJustice
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
@RWULaw congratulates its 2022 ALUMNI PUBLIC INTEREST CHAMPION: Akin Adepoju ’07 @AkinAdepoju Asst Fed Defender for Dist of Delaware & West Dist of Penn. CHAMPIONS FOR JUSTICE coming up May 6, don't miss out! To learn more or register: ow.ly/Wo7b50ILBt9
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
Every dollar spent on the death penalty and other unjust punishments is one less dollar available for crime victim restitution and support services. The priority should be offering real, meaningful support to victims and their families. Cruelty costs all of us.
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
Remembering Constance Baker Motley as we begin #BlackHistoryMonth.
In 1966, she became first Black woman federal judge.
In 1967, her @NAACP_LDF colleague Thurgood Marshall was appointed to SCOTUS.
55 years later, a Black woman will finally serve on our highest court.
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
#OTD in 1865, John Swett Rock of Boston became the first Black person ever admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States.
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
President Biden's success in diversifying our federal courts has gone underreported this year. It is our collective responsibility to champion this progress and to call for its continuation. #CourtsMatter @acslaw
See my full article on @MsMagazine.
msmagazine.com/2021/12/23/bi…
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay, ACS reaffirms its commitment to truth, racial healing, and transforming, including reckoning with the Constitutional failings that have created & perpetuated a legacy of bias, discrimination, and erasure for Native peoples.
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
The establishment of the Juneteenth Holiday is important. But symbolic gestures cannot be the end of the work.
#JuneTeenth2021
acslaw.org/expertforum/junet…
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
#OnThisDay in 1967, #SCOTUS unanimously ruled in Loving v. Virginia that all state laws which prohibited interracial marriage were #unconstitutional violations of the #14thAmendment. #LovingDay
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
"Dignity and the rule of law are two foundational principles to justice and policy making," says @SecMayorkas at #ACSConvention2021. Tune in now acslaw.org/national-conventi…
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
ACS has been cheering you on since your early 1L days. Now let us give you a big send off as you enter the next chapter in your legal journey. Register for ACS’s May 21 Virtual Graduation. bit.ly/3eHEoWD
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
Register for the 2021 Virtual National Convention on June 7 to 11 for conversations on racial equity, democracy protection, court reform and more. See the schedule and register now! bit.ly/33in6ZL
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
ACS President @russfeingold pens op-ed in @thehill on #DCStatehood: "We should not allow politically driven calls for a constitutional amendment, which most observers know is not in the offing, as a reason to perpetuate the racist denial of DC statehood"
thehill.com/opinion/judiciar…
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
We are appalled by the smear campaign that has been waged against @KristenClarkeJD.
From voting rights to LGBTQ rights, her record defending civil rights is exemplary. We need more civil rights champions just like her at the helm!
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
Policing was originally designed to target and oppress people of color. We are still seeing the impact of this racist design and intent today. There is no small fix. We need to overhaul policing and reform the laws that empower police brutality. #SayTheirNames
ACS DC Lawyer Chapter retweeted
Incredible programming by the @ACS_DCChapter @WTIUSA "Voices from Death Row Series: Juan Melendez"
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