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Bookmark or Share- About EJI - Equal Justice InitiativeThe Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
- About - Equal Justice InitiativeSegregation in America tells the lesser-known story of national opposition to civil rights and racial equality. White Americans concentrated in the South and influential throughout the country conducted a widespread, organized, and determined campaign to defend segregation and white supremacy.
- The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court ...As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution. The Supreme Court is "distinctly American in concept and function," as Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes observed.
- Equal Justice Under LawEqual Justice Under Law is fighting the criminalization of poverty through impact litigation, by raising public awareness, in holding government officials accountable, and with policy reform achievements. Our work is changing the landscape of equality across America.
- Racial Justice | Equal Justice InitiativeEJI has been challenging racial injustice in criminal and civil cases for over 30 years. EJI believes we need a new era of truth and justice that starts with confronting our history of racial injustice.
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