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The US is a signatory to the 1948 American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and has signed but not ratified the 1969 American Convention on Human Rights. It is a member of Inter-American Convention on the Granting of Political Rights to Women (1948). It does not accept the adjudicatory jurisdiction of the Costa Rica-based Inter ...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR; formerly Law Center for Constitutional Rights) is an American progressive non-profit legal advocacy organization based in New York City. It was founded in 1966 by lawyers William Kunstler , Arthur Kinoy , Morty Stavis and Ben Smith, particularly to support activists in the implementation of civil ...
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (CCR) is a bipartisan, independent commission of the United States federal government, created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957 during the Eisenhower administration, that is charged with the responsibility for investigating, reporting on, and making recommendations concerning civil rights issues in the United States.
The Center for American Progress (CAP) is a public policy research and advocacy organization which presents a liberal [2] viewpoint on economic and social issues. CAP is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Experts describe the plan as a legal long shot, but say it could sow doubts about the integrity of a rematch between President Biden and former President Trump.
the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968; the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended through 2006; the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the National Voter Registration Act of 1993; the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009
Activists for transgender rights gather in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2023. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images/File)
“The freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for comes with responsibilities as well as rights. And among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism.” — Barack Obama