Supreme Court Civil Rights Decisions

Organizations

ACLU Freedom Network
The Civil Liberties Organization.

Alliance for Justice
A national association of environmental, civil rights, mental health, women's, children's and consumer advocacy organizations.

American Civil Rights Institute
A national civil rights organization created to educate the public about racial and gender preferences.

Civil Liberties Monitoring Project
"An organization of volunteers who observe, document, report on, and try to deal with government activities which seem to abuse civil liberties."

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR)
"Since 1978, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights has worked to protect and promote fundamental human rights. Its work is impartial, holding all governments accountable to the standards affirmed in the International Bill of Human Rights. Its programs focus on building the legal institutions and structures that will guarantee human rights in the long term. Strengthening independent human rights advocacy at the local level is a key feature of its work."

NAACP Online
Information on programs, membership, issue alerts and links to other online branches of the NAACP.

People For The American Way
"Founded in 1980 to monitor and counter the divisive agenda of the Religious Right political movement, People For the American Way is working to build a movement grounded in values that define what is best about our country. "

The Rand Institute for Civil Justice
"The mission of the Institute for Civil Justice is to help make the civil justice system more efficient and more equitable by supplying policymakers and the public with the results of objective, empirically based, analytic research."

Southern Poverty Law Center
"Located in Montgomery,Alabama, the Center is known for its years of courtroom accomplishments, legal victories against white supremacist groups, monitoring of hate activity across the country, national tolerance education and the Civil Rights Memorial." This site has information on the cases the Center is involved in, educational material on racial tolerance as well as membership information.

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
A national public interest law firm that marshals the skills and resources of trial lawyers to create a more just society. TLPJ uses creative litigation to protect people and the environment, hold accountable those who abuse power, challenge and remedy wrongdoing, guard access to the courts, combat threats to our judicial system, and inspire lawyers to serve the public interest.

The Western Regional Office of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Information on the LA offices' endeavors, including filed documents. If you are on the west coast, you may also request assistance from their web site.