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3 Aug 2011, 10:22 am
But as ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson pointed out in a statement after the vote, 19 other candidates were left behind “whose nominations have been fully vetted and could have been voted on immediately. [read post]
26 Jul 2011, 3:58 pm
ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson praised Liu’s scholarship, saying, “We can personally attest to Goodwin’s leadership capabilities, his passion for the law, and sharp legal mind. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 12:47 pm
” ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson said earlier this week that senators are now using the deficit reduction negotiations as another excuse not to confirm any nominees. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 8:07 am
As ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson says in the Politico article, “The president has tried to diversify the federal bench, but this effort has hit a wall of Republican obstructionism in the Senate. [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 3:46 pm
ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson, while lauding the confirmation of Oetken, the first openly gay man to be confirmed to the federal bench, blasted the ongoing obstruction. [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 12:04 pm
” During a recent event hosted by ACS and the Center for American Progress examining, in part the growing need for legal services, ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson noted that even at the current legal aid services funding rates, more than 80 percent of low-income Americans have no access to legal assistance. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 5:49 pm
Welcoming Remarks: Caroline Fredrickson, Executive Director, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Featured panelists: Jeanne Charn, Director, Bellow-Sacks Access to Civil Legal Services Project, Harvard Law School Peter Edelman, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Alan Houseman, Executive Director, Center for Law and Social Policy Joy Moses, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for American Progress Moderated by: Michel Martin, Tell Me More host, NPR -Thanks to Jeff… [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 9:45 am
President Obama’s judicial selections have faced unprecedented obstruction in the Senate, but it is the president’s minority nominees who have been the primary victims of the obstructionism, ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson says. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 10:13 am
“There’s been a very poor job of reaching out to people at the beginning of their careers,” said Caroline Fredrickson, executive director of the American Constitution Society. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 3:46 pm
In an op-ed this week, Caroline Fredrickson of the American Constitution Society wrote of “the inexcusable delay in [Judge] Stranch’s confirmation” and said that “[w]hat makes the holdup of this nomination particularly distressing is that Stranch is exceedingly qualified for the job and had bipartisan support from the time of her nomination more than a year ago. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 8:43 am
That's the title of a Huffington Post essay by Caroline Fredrickson. [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 6:01 am
Adler) In remarks at this weekend’s annual convention, American Constitution Society executive director Caroline Fredrickson reportedly characterized originalism as a “choking weed,” part of a “noxious brew” of ideology promoted by the Federalist Society. [read post]
11 Mar 2009, 11:28 am
From the gagging of our nation’s librarians under the national security letter statute to the gutting of time-honored surveillance laws, the Patriot Act has been disastrous for Americans’ rights,” said Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 9:04 am
Government missteps such as putting innocent people on terrorist watch lists and misusing administrative warrants, known as national security letters, "might have been dealt with much sooner if we had … cops on the beat to make sure there are standards that are being upheld," says Caroline Fredrickson, legislative director at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). ....The lack of civil liberties officers at State and Health and Human Services is troubling… [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 6:10 am
"I'd bet there are a lot of career employees in the intelligence agencies who'll be glad to see Obama take the oath so they can finally speak out against all this illegal spying and get back to their real mission," says Caroline Fredrickson, the ACLU's Washington D.C. legislative director. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 5:16 pm
"It is a classic example of law enforcement powers expanding far beyond their proper boundaries - in this case, literally," said Caroline Fredrickson, who heads the ACLU's Washington, D.C., Legislative Office. [read post]
26 Aug 2008, 9:49 pm
The following can be attributed to Caroline Fredrickson, Director, ACLU Washington Legislative Office: "This week is marked by highs and lows for American women. [read post]
14 Jul 2008, 9:30 pm
"Members of Congress, nuns, war heroes and other 'suspicious characters,' with names like Robert Johnson and Gary Smith, have become trapped in the Kafkaesque clutches of this list, with little hope of escape," said Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. [read post]
9 Jul 2008, 8:16 pm
“With one vote, Congress has strengthened the executive branch, weakened the judiciary and rendered itself irrelevant,” said Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. [read post]
9 Jul 2008, 7:13 pm
Despite the landslide loss, the ACLU's Caroline Fredrickson took solace in the fact that the fight took so long, and that individuals around the country organized around an issue that many said was too esoteric. [read post]
