By Nan Aron (Board Member, Current Employee)

We believe that:

- Every American deserves a fair chance to receive justice through the courts.

- Powerful corporations whose products harm consumers should not be immune from lawsuits.

- Manufacturers are more likely to make sure their products are safe if they know they can be sued for damage they cause.

In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled in Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. that a person harmed by faulty medical devices cannot sue to hold the manufacturer accountable.

Now, the Court is considering Wyeth v. Levine that would give major drug manufacturers the same immunity from accountability, despite lack of clear intent by Congress to do so.

These decisions overturn more than a hundred years of established law. We call on Congress to enact laws that clearly direct the courts to allow consumers to hold corporations accountable for unsafe products and ensure that manufacturers have an incentive to make their products safe in the first place.

To SIGN THE PETITION  - CLICK HERE!

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By Kelly Patterson (General public)

Thought this RFP may interest you....Kelly N Patterson

Tides Foundation Accepting Applications for State Strategies
        Segment of the Death Penalty Mobilization Fund
       
Deadline: August 15, 2008

The Tides Death Penalty Mobilization Fund is a Tides Foundation
( http://www.tidesfoundation.org/ ) funding collaborative that
supports strategic collaborations of local, regional, or national
nonprofits working to abolish the death penalty at the state
and/or federal levels. Projects supported by the fund may also
focus on intermediate steps such as specific reforms to the death
penalty system, moratoria on executions, or study commissions.

The upcoming State Strategies segment of the Death Penalty Mobil-
ization Fund will provide two-year grants ranging from $40,000 to
$80,000 each year (for a maximum of $160,000 over two years) to
state-based activist organizations working on death penalty re-
form, abolition, or moratoria efforts in the United States.
Grants can be used for expansion or enhancement of organizational
and/or staff capacity, campaign development or implementation,
infrastructure development necessary to implement or expand cam-
paigns, public education, and direct and grassroots lobbying.
Priority will be given to states where a State Strategies grant
will make a significant contribution towards securing a concrete
victory or strategic outcome. The fund also encourages collabor-
ative applications focusing on a specific region.

The foundation anticipates making grants to approximately eight
organizations in this cycle. (The next funding cycle will take
place in Fall 2009.)

RFP Link:
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/15014007/tidesfdn

For additional RFPs in Civil and Human Rights, visit:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_civil_rights.jhtml

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By Rob Yang

This is one of the leading organizations on the front lines of the battle to promote a fair and independent federal judiciary.  Although judicial nominations outside of the Supreme Court often fly below the radar, those selected to these seats have enormous political influence, which can be weilded to undermine or uphold the principles of equality and justice that we hold dear.  If you care about ensuring that our courts are not co-opted by extremists way outside of mainstream America, Alliance for Justice is definitely one of the organizations you'll want to support.

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