• Source: Alliance for Justice

      • The Alliance for Justice (AFJ) is a progressive judicial advocacy group in the United States. Founded in 1979 by former president Nan Aron, AFJ monitors federal judicial appointments. AFJ represents a coalition of 100 politically liberal groups that have an interest in the federal judiciary. The Alliance for Justice presents a modern liberal viewpoint on legal issues.
      According to the organization, "AFJ works to ensure that the federal judiciary advances core constitutional values, preserves human rights and unfettered access to the courts, and adheres to the even-handed administration of justice for all Americans."


      Judicial advocacy


      AFJ launched the Judicial Selection Project in 1985 to monitor the federal judicial appointment system. According to AFJ's founder, Nan Aron, the organization wanted to guard against the ideological impact of Ronald Reagan's federal judicial nominees. AFJ objects to judicial nominees who oppose abortion or who promise to exercise judicial restraint. The organization provides background on prospective nominees to the American Bar Association and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
      AFJ played a role in the defeat of Ronald Reagan nominee Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1987. In 2001, the organization supported the nomination of Roger Gregory, a Bill Clinton nominee and the first African-American judge in the Fourth Circuit in 2001. In 2013, AFJ supported President Barack Obama's three nominees for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.


      Member organizations


      AFJ reports a membership of over 120 organizations. On its website, as of January 7, 2021, AFJ lists the following member groups:

      Abortion Care Network
      Advancement Project
      Advocates for Youth
      AIDS United
      Alliance for Safe Traffic Stops
      Alliance for the Great Lakes
      Alliance for Youth Organizing
      Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund
      Americans United for Separation of Church and State
      Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
      Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
      Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
      Beneficial State Foundation
      Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
      California Women's Law Center
      Center for Biological Diversity
      Center for Constitutional Rights
      Center for Digital Democracy
      Center for Inquiry
      Center for Law and Social Policy
      Center for Reproductive Rights
      Center for Science in the Public Interest
      Children's Defense Fund
      Clearinghouse on Women's Issues
      Closing the Women's Wealth Gap
      Community Catalyst
      Community Partners
      Compassion & Choices
      Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
      Conservation Campaign
      Consumer Action
      Culture Project
      Dallas Women's Foundation
      Defending Rights & Dissent
      Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
      Dream Corps
      Drug Policy Alliance
      Earthjustice
      Equal Justice Society
      Equal Rights Advocates
      Equality Federation
      Every Child Matters
      Faith in Action Network
      Food Research & Action Center
      Forests Forever
      Free Press
      Friends of the Earth
      Great Plains Action Society
      Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP
      Houston in Action
      Human Rights Campaign Foundation
      International Center for Research on Women
      Jewish Social Justice Roundtable
      Jobs with Justice
      Justice in Aging
      Juvenile Law Center
      Lambda Legal
      Latino Community Foundation
      Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
      League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
      Legal Aid Association of California
      Legal Aid at Work
      Little Lobbyists
      Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
      MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
      Methodist Healthcare Ministries
      Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
      Mi Familia Vota
      Muslim Advocates
      NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation
      National Abortion Federation
      National Association of Consumer Advocates
      National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
      National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
      National Center for Law and Economic Justice
      National Center for Lesbian Rights
      National Center for Transgender Equality
      National Center for Youth Law
      National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
      National Council of Jewish Women
      National Education Association
      National Employment Lawyers Association
      National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
      National Immigration Forum
      National Immigration Law Center
      National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
      National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
      National Lawyers Guild
      National Legal Aid & Defender Association
      National LGBTQ Task Force
      National Parks Conservation Association
      National Partnership for Women and Families
      National Veterans Legal Services Program
      National Women's Law Center
      Native American Rights Fund
      Natural Resources Defense Council
      North Texas Dream Team
      Peak Grantmaking
      People's Action
      Planned Parenthood Federation of America
      PolicyLink
      Public Advocates
      RAICES
      Rockefeller Philanthropies Advisors
      Secular Coalition for America
      Secular Woman
      Service Employees International Union
      Shriver Center on Poverty Law
      SIECUS
      Sierra Club Foundation
      Southern California Grantmakers
      Southern Poverty Law Center
      States United to Prevent Gun Violence
      Texas Council on Family Violence
      Texas Women's Foundation
      The Arc
      The Climate Project
      The Impact Fund
      Tides Center
      Transgender Law Center
      UFW Foundation
      Violence Policy Center
      Younger Women's Task Force, Greater Lafayette Chapter
      YWCA


      References




      External links


      Official website

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