Alliance for Justice

The Alliance for Justice (AFJ) is a progressive judicial advocacy group in the United States. Founded in 1979 by Nan Aron, AFJ monitors federal judicial appointments. AFJ represents a coalition of 135 politically liberal groups that have an interest in the federal judiciary. The Alliance for Justice presents a modern liberal viewpoint on legal issues.E.g.,

Judicial advocacy

AFJ launched the Judicial Selection Project in 1985 to monitor the federal judicial appointment system. According to AFJ's founder, Nan Aron, the organization wanted to guard against the ideological impact of Ronald Reagan's federal judicial nominees. 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. 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. In 2013, AFJ supported President Barack Obama's three nominees for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Member organizations

AFJ reports a membership of over 130 organizations. As of 2025, member groups include:

• Advancement Project
• Advocates for Youth
• AIDS United
• Alliance for the Great Lakes
• Americans for Financial Reform
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
• Bend the Arc
• Beyond Toxics
• CenterLink
• Center for Constitutional Rights
• Center for Reproductive Rights
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Compassion & Choices
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
• Drug Policy Alliance
• Earthjustice
• Equal Rights Advocates
• Equality Federation
• Faith in Action
• Food & Water Watch
• Free Press
• Friends of the Earth
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation
• Innocence Project
• International Center for Research on Women
• Jobs with Justice
• Juvenile Law Center
• Lambda Legal
• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
• MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• Mi Familia Vota
• Move to Amend
• National Abortion Federation
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• National Center for Lesbian Rights
• National Center for Transgender Equality
• National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
• National Council of Jewish Women
• National Education Association
• National Immigration Forum
• National LGBTQ Task Force
• National Parks Conservation Association
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• National Women's Law Center
• Native American Rights Fund
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• New Pennsylvania Project
• Next Up
• People's Action
• PFLAG
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• PolicyLink
• Race Forward
• Reproductive Freedom for All
• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
• Service Employees International Union
• SIECUS
• Sierra Club Foundation
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• The Arc
• Texas Freedom Network
• Tides Center
• Transgender Law Center
• Violence Policy Center
• Younger Women's Task Force
• YWCA

References

References

1. "[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.
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6. (2010). "Battle over the Bench: Senators, Interest Groups, and Lower Court Confirmations". University of Virginia Press.
7. (2005). "Scoring Points: Politicians, Activists, and the Lower Federal Court Appointment Process". Stanford University Press.
8. (December 4, 1987). "Supreme Court Nominations; After Bork, the Liberals' Silence On Judge Kennedy Is Deafening". The New York Times.
9. (July 21, 2001). "Senate Confirms 3 of Bush's Judicial Nominees". Los Angeles Times.
10. (May 28, 2013). "Obama to launch push to reshape D.C. Circuit with 3 simultaneous nominations". Washington Post.
11. "Membership". Alliance For Justice.