Alliance for Justice

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| name = Alliance for Justice

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| formation = {{start date and age|1974|08|07}}"[https://corponline.dcra.dc.gov/BizEntity.aspx/ViewEntityData?entityId=2744577 ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE - Initial File Number: 741885]". Government of the District of Columbia. Retrieved November 21, 2020.

| headquarters = Washington, D.C.

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| type = 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

| purpose = Legal advocacy

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| revenue = $7.37 million{{cite web |title=Alliance For Justice - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/521009973 |website=ProPublica |access-date=25 March 2025 |language=en}}

| revenue_year = 2023

| expenses = $8.84 million

| expenses_year = 2023

| endowment =$21.8 million

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| leader_name2 = Paulette Meyer

| leader_title2 = Chair

| tax_id = 52-1009973

| abbreviation = AFJ

| website = {{URL|http://www.afj.org|afj.org}}

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The Alliance for Justice (AFJ) is a progressive judicial advocacy group in the United States.{{cite news|last1=Boyer|first1=Dave|title=Elizabeth Warren lambastes Senate Republicans for 'obstruction' of judges|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/6/elizabeth-warren-accuses-gop-blanket-blockade-obam/|accessdate=13 June 2016|work=Washington Times|date=June 6, 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Clarity|first1=James|last2=Weaver Jr.|first2=Warren|title=Here Come the Judges|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/18/us/briefing-here-come-the-judges.html|accessdate=24 February 2015|date=January 18, 1985}} Founded in 1979 by former president Nan Aron, AFJ monitors federal judicial appointments. AFJ represents a coalition of 135 politically liberal groups that have an interest in the federal judiciary.{{cite news|last1=Horwitz|first1=Sari|last2=Eilperin|first2=Juliet|title=Obama to nominate Justice prosecutor Lynch for attorney general|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-attorney-general-20141107-story.html|accessdate=24 February 2015|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=November 7, 2014}} The Alliance for Justice presents a modern liberal viewpoint on legal issues.E.g.,

{{Cite news| last =Savage| first =Charlie| title =Strategic Debate in Gorsuch Battle: Use Filibuster Now or Later?| work =The New York Times | date =April 4, 2017| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/us/politics/supreme-court-gorsuch-filibuster.html| accessdate =2017-07-27|quote =Nan Aron, the president of the liberal Alliance for Justice, supports filibustering Judge Gorsuch.}}
{{Cite news| last =Kindy| first =Kimberly| title =Simply stated, Gorsuch is steadfast and surprising| newspaper =The Washington Post | date =February 18, 2017| url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/gorsuch-profile/| accessdate =2017-07-27|quote =Put more succinctly, Nan Aron of the liberal Alliance for Justice said, 'In spite of what the White House would like to have us believe, he’s a dangerous choice.'}}
{{Cite news| last =Landler| first =Mark| title =Battle Begins Over Naming Next Justice| work =The New York Times| date =February 13, 2016| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/us/politics/battle-begins-over-naming-next-justice.html| accessdate =2017-07-27| quote = Nan Aron, president of the liberal Alliance for Justice, said the Supreme Court should 'not become a casualty of the politics of destruction, denial and obstruction.'}}
{{Cite news| last =Becker| first =Jo| title =In Private Practice, Roberts's Record Is Mixed| newspaper =The Washington Post| date =August 5, 2005| url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080402032.html | accessdate =2017-07-27 |quote =But Nan Aron of the liberal Alliance for Justice said that Roberts's involvement 'doesn't say anything about his judicial philosophy.'}}
{{Cite news| last =Nagourney| first =Adam| title =Conservative Groups Rally Against Gonzales as Justice| work =The New York Times| date =July 3, 2005| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/03/politics/politicsspecial1/conservative-groups-rally-against-gonzales-as.html| accessdate =2017-07-27|quote ='He would face stiff opposition from liberal groups,' said Nan Aron, president of the liberal legal group Alliance for Justice.}}

Judicial advocacy

AFJ launched the Judicial Selection Project in 1985 to monitor the federal judicial appointment system.{{cite book|last1=Steigerwalt|first1=Amy|title=Battle over the Bench: Senators, Interest Groups, and Lower Court Confirmations|date=2010|publisher=University of Virginia Press|isbn=9780813929989|page=11}} According to AFJ's founder, Nan Aron, the organization wanted to guard against the ideological impact of Ronald Reagan's federal judicial nominees.{{cite book|last1=Scherer|first1=Nancy|title=Scoring Points: Politicians, Activists, and the Lower Federal Court Appointment Process|date=2005|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=9780804749497|page=110}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Greenhouse|first1=Linda|title=Supreme Court Nominations; After Bork, the Liberals' Silence On Judge Kennedy Is Deafening|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/04/us/washington-talk-supreme-court-nominations-after-bork-liberals-silence-judge.html|accessdate=24 February 2015|work=The New York Times|date=December 4, 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.{{cite news|last1=Savage|first1=David|title=Senate Confirms 3 of Bush's Judicial Nominees|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jul-21-mn-24909-story.html|access-date=24 February 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 21, 2001}} In 2013, AFJ supported President Barack Obama's three nominees for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.{{cite news|last1=Eilperin|first1=Juliet|title=Obama to launch push to reshape D.C. Circuit with 3 simultaneous nominations|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-to-launch-push-to-reshape-dc-circuit-with-3-simultaneous-nominations/2013/05/28/8bb8fc38-c7cb-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html|accessdate=24 February 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=May 28, 2013}}

Member organizations

AFJ reports a membership of over 130 organizations. As of 2025, member groups include:{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://afj.org/membership/|publisher=Alliance For Justice|accessdate=25 March 2025}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.afj.org/}}

Category:Legal advocacy organizations in the United States

Category:Progressive organizations in the United States

Category:Organizations established in 1979

Category:1974 establishments in California

Category:501(c)(3) organizations