ABA to Proceed with Equal Justice Conference and Expand Immigration Programming
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 4, 2010 — The American Bar Association announced today that it will move forward as scheduled with the Equal Justice Conference in Phoenix May 13 – 15.
“The American Bar Association has already made its opposition to the new Arizona immigration law known, and we will continue to do so,” said ABA President Carolyn B. Lamm. “The law infringes on civil rights and belies our nation’s principle of justice for all. When justice for anyone in America is threatened, it diminishes us all as a free people.
“The Equal Justice Conference brings together all components of the legal community to further the delivery of legal services to the poor and low-income individuals who are in need of legal assistance,” Lamm continued. “We are not going to allow these efforts to be even temporarily derailed by an unjust law. Doing so would have a further detrimental effect and run contrary to ensuring the principles on which our nation was formed continue to thrive.”
Among the skills and tools that conference attendees will bring back to their law practices, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies include the essential elements for designing a pro bono project, maintaining a client-centered approach to low-income legal service delivery, utilizing volunteers in access-to-justice programs, and developing legal assistance partnerships between lawyers and judges.
The conference will offer expanded programming for participants to learn about, discuss and respond to issues arising from the Arizona legislation, particularly addressing broader issues of immigration reform and the status of immigrants in America.
“The Equal Justice Conference is now in its 12th year,” Lamm said. “It is always extremely moving to see the passion that is in the room when lawyers gather for public service efforts. To that end, the ABA calls on lawyers across the country who are committed to equality and justice to convene in Arizona so that they can become better informed firsthand about what is going on in that state and learn how to join personally in fighting for social justice.”
The ABA will carefully assess whether to schedule future conferences in the state of Arizona unless the law is invalidated.
With nearly 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.
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11:02 AM May 5, 2010
If this Arizona law is unjust, and it mirrors the Federal law, does this mean that the Federal law is no good, either?
Then I would have to ask, would can be done to get all the illegal aliens out of this Country and back to their own Country. E-Verify in ALL business and ALL Social Services? How do we stop paying for all these illegal aliens children that these illegal aliens keep having? 4.2 million over the last 15-16 years…at an average cost of $8,500-$12,500 per child.
How about all the costs to the American taxpayer to school all these illegal aliens children? How about all the jobs these illegal aliens have taken from the American taxpayer? Oh, Oh. How about the BILLIONS upon BILLIONS sent out of this Country every year by the illegal aliens? How does that help America? How much does it cost to deport these illegal aliens when they had no right to be here in the first place! How about all the stolen identities and forged documents these illegal aliens have. How about all the crime? Just look at the crime in Arizona. They pass a law to fight all this and are told they can’t do this.
So, I have to go back to my question. What do you do to get ALL the illegal aliens out of this Country? I will check back for your answer.
3:34 PM May 5, 2010
Interesting to see that unequal justice in Arizona is not important enough to the ABA to relocate the Equal Justice Conference or even fully commit to not holding future events in AZ.
“The ABA will carefully assess whether to schedule future conferences in the state of Arizona unless the law is invalidated.”
Just admit you don’t want to cancel the conference because you stand to lose a great deal of money in doing so and you don’t have time to make suitable alternate arrangements – you’ll feel better about yourself and your organization.
5:11 PM May 6, 2010
And what exactly is the expanded programming that will be offered? Will be broadcasted to those who registered and did not attend? It is so close to the conference and no detail are emerging. Really, is there a plan, or just language to not look so bad and callous for going forward?
11:54 AM February 9, 2012
Protection for U.S. Service Personnel?
“Non-consensual experimentation is illegal” [5] on U.S. convicted Rapists and Murderers, but OK on U.S. SERVICE PERSONNEL [2 & 7]!
U.S. convicted rapists and murderers are protected from human experiments by the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights, Amendment 8. This is demonstrated by the 1992 U.S. Senate signed United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) “…Article 7 – Freedom from Torture, or Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.”[5] Under the Article 7’s “Basic Rights of Prisoners.” is, “Written policy and practice prohibit the use of inmates for medical…experiments.” and “Non-consensual experimentation is illegal”! Nineteen (19) times cited is the U.S. Constitution plus its 8th Amendment’s no cruel and unusual punishment.[5] On May 23, 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court decided that crowded prisons are in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s, Bill of Rights, Eighth Amendment no cruel and unusual punishments, i.e., Brown v. Plata (09-1233).
The to-date continuation of experiments on U.S. Service Personnal is illustrated by the 1994 U.S. Senate Report’s currently ignored, “III. Findings and conclusions”, “K. DOD and DVA have repeatedly failed to provide information and medical followup to those who participate in military research…” plus “N. Participation in military research is rarely included in military medical records, making it impossible to support a veteran’s claim for service-connected disabilities from military research.”[3] This withheld needed for treatment but “experiments that were designed to harm” [3] identifying evidence continues with the U.S. Congress’s 2006 and 2005 rejection of the “Veterans Right to Know Act” [1].
“To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;” is the responsibility of the U.S. Congress via the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 14! Still not prohibited are the U.S. Senate’s reported Department of Defense (DOD) “military research” “experiments that were designed to harm” conducted on “hundreds of thousands” of service personnel![3] In the 2002 U.S. Senate Feres Doctrine Hearing [2] the rejection of the underlying experimentation issue is verified by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ignoring testimony. In 1987 the U.S. Supreme Court Stanley DOD non-consensual, experiment was decided.[7] Stanley’s injuring “to harm” drug experiment was classified as a 1950 U. S. Supreme Court Feres Doctrine “incident to service”![8] The 1994 U.S. Senate Report stated, “The Feres Doctrine should not be applied for military personnel who are harmed by inappropriate human experimentation when informed consent has not been given.” Stanley is one of the U.S. Senate’s, “hundreds of thousands” of human “experiments that were designed to harm” documented by the Senate [3] and Government Accountability Office (GAO).[4] Millions of service records were destroyed in a 1973 National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) fire, followed by Congress’s 1974 Privacy Act that censored experiment verifying witnesses from any surviving and future records. All consistent with the still U.S. Congress and DOJ overlooked CIA, Inspector General’s 1957 “it was necessary to conceal these activities from the american public in general, because public knowledge of the unethical and illicit activities would have serious repercussions in political and diplomatic circles….”; Stanley, PDF version, Section IV, Page 16 of 21, Footnote 4.[7] All of this misplaced evidence underlies the Court of Veterans Appeals Chief Judge stated, “The court may not review the schedule of ratings for disabilities or the policies underlying the schedule.”[6], i.e., a “Non-consensual experimentation is” NOT “illegal” policy!
In 2012 shouldn’t U.S. Service Personnel have the same U.S. Constitutional Rights that convicted rapists and murderers keep?[5] PLEASE HELP by requiring your members in the U.S. Congress to provide U.S. Military Personnel with the same protection and getting others to do the same!
REFERENCES:>>>[1] The “Veterans Right to Know Act” was proposed in the 2005 and H.R. 4259 [109th] 2006 Congress. H. R. 4259.>>>[2] “THE FERES DOCTRINE: AN EXAMINATION…..” http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/pdf/107hrg/88833.pdf >>>[3] December 8, 1994 REPORT 103-97 “Is Military Research Hazardous to Veterans’ Health?….” Hearings Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 103rd Congress 2nd Session.>>>[4] GAO September 28, 1994 “Human Experimentation Overview….” T-NSIAD-94-266 archive.gao.gov/t2pbat2/152601.pdf >>>[5] U.S. State Dept., “U.S. Report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights July 1994, Article 7 – Freedom from Torture, or Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.” “1994 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” Index of “Treaties and Legal Issues” || Electronic Research Collections Index || ERC Homepage>>>[6] “STATE OF COURT, CHIEF JUDGE FRANK Q. NEBEKER, STATE OF THE COURT,…TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS THIRD JUDICIAL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 17-18, 1994>>>[7] U.S. SUPREME COURT, JUNE 25, 1987, U.S. V. STANLEY , 107 S. CT.. 3054 (VOLUME 483 U.S., SECTION 669, PAGES 699 TO 710). http://supreme.justia.com/us/483/669/ case.html>>>[8] Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 146 (1950).
11:45 PM February 9, 2012
Obama’s number 1 priority is helping ILLEGAL aliens to stay in our country. He could care less about the citizens here. The laws are to be followed if you are a citizen of this country…if you are an ILLEGAL alien your are special and exempt from obeying the law, don’t worry Obama and the democrats will protect you no matter the cost. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” From George Orwell’s Animal Farm.