Other Resources on Federal Rights

The American Constitution Society
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) is comprised of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, policymakers, activists and other concerned individuals who are working to ensure that the fundamental principles of human dignity, individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, and access to justice are in their rightful, central place in American law. ACS also has a weblog.

The Brennan Center's Democracy Program on Fair Courts
The Center's Fair Courts Project works to preserve fair and impartial courts. The program focuses on improving judicial selection processes (including elections), increasing diversity on the bench, preserving judicial independence and accountability, and keeping courts in balance with other governmental branches.

Court Watch, from the National Health Law Program
This project of the National Health Law Program provides technical assistance, including consultation, legal analysis, and case dockets on the range of court access issues confronting health advocates.

The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination. The principal mission of the Lawyers' Committee is to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice under law.

Save Our Courts
The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the nation's oldest, largest, and most diverse civil rights coalition, has launched the Save Our Courts campaign to oppose the Bush administration's extremist nominees to the federal courts.