In our letter to all congressional members, we, along with the Center for Constitutional Rights and the National Lawyers Guild put members of Congress on notice for complicity in genocide. The letter informed congressmembers of potential legal liability for aiding, abetting, inciting, or conspiring to commit genocide through congressional acts, and demanded that they act.
Read MoreThe Center for Constitutional Rights and Palestine Legal filed an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a lawsuit seeking to strike down a Texas law that requires government contractors to pledge not to engage in boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns for Palestinian rights.
Read MoreToday, civil rights groups asked the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York State, to hear an appeal of a ruling that allows Fordham University to censor student speech. The petition comes in a lawsuit brought by Fordham students prohibited by the university from forming a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) school club because of the group’s “political goals” and because of claims it would be “polarizing.”
Read MoreToday, civil rights groups asked the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York State, to hear an appeal of a ruling that allows Fordham University to censor student speech. The petition comes in a lawsuit brought by Fordham students prohibited by the university from forming a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) school club because of the group’s “political goals” and because of claims it would be “polarizing.”
Read MoreThe Fordham Observer and North Jersey Record each covered last week’s court hearing in the seminal case. Palestine Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights and co-counsel Adam Levine represent Fordham University students, and urged the appellate court to reject Fordham’s effort to overturn the lower court’s ruling that the school’s ban on an SJP club was arbitrary and capricious.
Read MoreToday, attorneys representing Fordham University students argued before the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court, urging the court to reject Fordham’s request that the court reinstate the school’s ban on a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) club.
Read MoreStudents asked New York’s Appellate Court on Friday to reject an effort by Fordham University to overturn a decision ordering the school to recognize the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) club. The students are represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights, Palestine Legal, and cooperating counsel Alan Levine.
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