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2007 5/10/2007 Class Action Lawsuit Filed for May Day Rally 5/10/2007 NLG Calls on U.S. to Extradite Posada to Venezuela for Trial on Terrorism Charges or Prosecture Him in U.S. or International Court 4/13/2007 Legal Organizations Applaud Bail Denial for Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles   2/5/2007 Report from NLG Philippines Delegation (PDF) 2/12/2007 NLG Action Alert: Human Rights Abuse in Oaxaca 2/5/2007 NLG Endorses Israel Accountability Campaign 2/1/2007 Legal And Human Rights Groups Issue Open Letter Warning Of Illegality Of Any Offensive Military Action By U.S. Against Iran 1/16/2007 Civil Rights Groups Call for the Censure of Charles "Cully" Stimson 2006 12/11/2006 Civil Rights Groups Call for Congressional Investigation Into Blacklisting of Human Rights Lawyers by the Philippines 11/29/2006 The National Lawyers Guild Calls For An Independent Investigation Into The Use Of Excessive Force By UCLA Police Officers 11/6/2006 NLG Calls for Halt to State Repression and Murder in Oaxaca 10/30/2006 National Lawyers Guild Opposes Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act 10/26/2006 NLG Calls on Haiti's Elected Government to Release Political Prisoners Remaining from the Latortue Dictatorship 10/24/2006 Marjorie Cohn Becomes President of the National Lawyers Guild 10/9/2006 National Lawyers Guild Strongly Opposes the Military Commissions Act of 2006 10/9/2006 National Lawyers Guild Calls on Columbia University to Drop Investigation of Students Protesting Minutemen 10/6/2006 National Lawyers Guild Urges Media and Federal Authorities to Address Gender-based Violence 9/27/2006 Protestors Unlawfully Arrested at FTAA Demonstrations Win Victory 9/21/2006 National Lawyers Guild Urges Immediate Extradition of Posada Carriles On the 30th Anniversary of the Murder of Orlando Letelier 9/8/2006 Oregon Judge Rejects Government Attempt To Dismiss Challenge To Bush Administration’s Wiretapping Program 8/14/2006 National Lawyers Guild Condemns Starbucks Over Unlawful Termination of Union Co-Founder Daniel Gross 8/2/2006 National Lawyers Guild Condemns Jailing of Journalist Blogger 7/27/2006 Mumia Amicus Brief Filed by the Guild (PDF) 7/21/2006 The NLG Strongly Opposes the Specter-Cheney NSA Bill 7/19/2006 National Lawyers Guild Urges All To Act Now To Protest And End Israel's Crimes Against Humanity & Brutal Aggression Against Palestine And Lebanon 7/13/2006 National Lawyers Guild Condemns Attack on Free Press 7/10/2006 The National Lawyers Guild Condemns the Rulings of New York High Court on Gay Marriage 7/6/2006 The National Lawyers Guild Strongly Condemns Israel's Crimes Against Humanity and Demands Israel Immediately Halt Its Siege on Gaza and End Its Efforts at Toppling the Democratically Elected Palestinian Legislative Council 6/12/2006 The National Lawyers Guild Condemns FBI's Operation Backfire, Launches Legal Hotline for Activists 6/6/2006 The National Lawyers Guild condemns the decision in United States v. Muhammad Salah 6/5/2006 The National Lawyers Guild Opposes Bush’s Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Ban on Same Sex Marriage 4/30/2006 National Lawyers Guild Supports May 1 Immigration Actions 4/4/2006 National Lawyers Guild and National Conference of Black Lawyers Condemn Denial of Visa to Visit the United States to Human Rights Lawyer Raji Sourani 3/9/2006 Targets of Illegal Surveillance Request Court Judgment Against President Bush Based on Public Records Summary Judgment Brief (PDF) 3/8/2006 National Lawyers Guild Calls For The Impeachment Of South Dakota Governor Michael Rounds For Signing Anti-Abortion Legislation 3/6/2006 The National Lawyers Guild Urges Support for the Boycott of Israeli Goods by the Norwegian County of Sor-Trondelag 2/8/2006 Haitian Citizens File Complaint Before The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights For The Overthrow Of Their Democracy 1/31/2006 NLG Welcomes the Liberations of Haitian Political Prisoner Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste 1/24/2006 D.C. Circuit Ruling: Washington D.C. Police Chief May Be Held Personally Liable for the Mass Arrest of Nearly 400 People 1/17/2006 NLG Supports Suit Against President Bush to Halt Illegal Surveillance Center for Constitutional Rights v. George W. Bush - Complaint (PDF) 01/05/2006 The National Lawyers Guild Demands Release On Bail, and Avoidance of Deportation Proceedings, For Dr. Sami Al-Arian. 01/05/2006 National Lawyers Guild Opposes Alito Nomination, Questions Depth of ABA Decision Declaring Alito "Qualified" 2005 12/18/2005 National Lawyers Guild Condemns Electronic Surveillance by President as a violation of the Fourth Amendment. 12/15/2005 Partnership for Civil Justice and NLG File FOIA Request - Seeking Records on Pentagon Lists of Peace Activists and War Opponents FOIA Request (PDF) 12/7/2005 NLG Urges Clemency for Stan "Tookie" Williams 11/16/2005 New Orleans Justice After Katrina March December 10 11/1/2005 NLG Opposes Alito Nomination 9/14/2005 NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD CONDEMNS APPALLING FAILURE OF BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO KATRINA DISASTER 9/6/2005 NLG Urges Democratic Senators to Use All Means - Including Filibuster - to Defeat Nomination of Roberts for Chief Justice 8/29/2005 National Lawyers Guild Opposes Nomination of John Roberts to the United States Supreme Court 8/24/2005 Abu Ghraib General Lambastes Bush Administration, by Marjorie Cohn 7/19/2005 National Lawyers Guild calls for the United States Senate to conduct a searching review of Judge John Roberts. 6/20/2005 NLG Condemns Israeli Governmental Bill Being Discussed by the Knesset 6/16/2005 Stop the Deportation of brothers Kamal, Hassan, and Housseine Essaheb - send a letter of support to the Guild Attorney representing them. NYTimes Article on the deportation. 6/8/2005 The National Lawyers Guild Condemns Actions of Police at the Protests Against the Organization of American States(OAS) 6/7/2005 The National Lawyers Guild endorses a National Week of Action: July 2-8, 2005, called for by the Bill of Rights Defense Committee.  It is time for a national call to action to defend the Bill of Rights and restore our lost liberties. 5/20/2005 NLG Mass Defense and Southern Florida ACLU File Lawsuit for Protests at Organization of American States (OAS) Meeting OAS Complaint (PDF) TRO Memo (PDF) 5/18/2005 NLG Calls Upon the United States Senate to Reject the Nominations of Janice Rogers Brown and Priscilla Owen to the Federal Court of Appeals 5/9/2005 American Friends Society Wage Peace Movie 4/20/2005 National Lawyers Guild Calls for Immediate Extradition of Luis Posada to Venezuela 4/13/2005 The National Lawyers Guild opposes the Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act, introduced by Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Representative Roy Blunt (R-MO), which would virtually eliminate consent decrees. (PDF) 4/8/2005 NLG Files Amici Brief Supporting the Plaintiffs' Petition in Alexander v. Oklahoma (PDF) 3/9/2005 Letter from President Michael Avery Congratulating the Coalition of Immokalee Workers on Their Victory in the Taco Bell Boycott. 2/28/2005 Law Students Take Nationwide Action Against the Death Penalty - Press Release 2/28/2005 National Lawyers Guild Defends Professor Ward Churchill's Right to Speak - Press Release 2/25/2005 VICTORY FOR NLG--A subpoena from the City of New York was quashed. The subpoena asked for information related to NLG Legal Observers at the 2002 World Economic Forum. 2/17/2005 Statement from President Michael Avery on Stewart Verdict 2/10/2005 National Lawyers Guild Condemns Verdict in Lynne Stewart Trial 2004 11/22/2004 UPDATE: 3rd Circuit Enjoins Solomon Amendment Open Letter to Law School Administrations on the Solomon Amendment 11/15/2004 NLG Urges Senate to Reject Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General 11/9/2004 Oakland Anti-war Demonstrators Lawsuit Results in New and Comprehensive Police Policy The 2004 Labor and Employment Committee Cuba Delegation Report is here! In PDF format. 8/20/2004 NLG signs onto Alliance For Justice statement condemning Bush Administration's Torture Memos 5/24/2004 NLG Condemns Georgia's Declaration Of State Of Emergency For G-8 Summit Meeting 4/19/2004 Demonstrations Planned Outside Supreme Court to Protest Guantanamo’s “Law-Free Zone”: Issue of Unlimited Presidential War Time Powers At Stake 4/14/2004 Delegation of Lawyers to Report on Meeting With Aristide  . 4/13/2004 NLG signs onto Amicus Brief in support of Jose Padilla 4/13/2004 Lawsuit Filed Against the Metropolitan Police Department on Behalf of Protestors Assaulted at Anti-War Demonstration. 4/5/2004 NLG Comments on Proposed FEC Regulations of 501 (c) Groups 3/26/2004 Federal lawsuit challenges the "Miami Model" and hundreds of FTAA-related criminal cases Read the Complaint. 3/11/2004 NLG signs on to letter to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights calling for an on-site visit to Haiti to investigate the critical human rights situation in the country. 3/1/2004 A Message from Ramsey Clark. 3/1/2004 NLG President Michael Avery and NLG member Kate Lowenstein have filed an amicus brief on behalf of Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation (MVFR) in the Summerlin case in the United States Supreme Court. 2/17/2004 The Guild Condemns an Attempt by the U.S. Army to Gather Information on University of Texas Law Students Engaged in an Academic Conference  Press Release. 2/12/2004 National Lawyers Guild Claims Victory: Government Withdraws Drake University Subpoena. NLG Calls for Congressional Inquiry. 2/6/2004 National Lawyers Guild Target of FBI Subpoena: Legal/Activist Group Will Not Divulge Membership Information. Read the Motion to Quash(PDF) file Read the Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Quash(PDF) Read the Affidavit of Heidi Boghosian on Behalf of the NLG(PDF) 2/5/2004 Lawsuit Filed Attacking Miami Ordinance Used During FTAA Protests. 1/27/2004 NYC NLG Chapter Awarded New York State Bar Award of Merit for work of Mass Defense Committee. 1/16/2004 NLG Signs on to Amicus Brief in Support of a Challenge to the Solomon Amendment. 2003 12/15/2003 National Lawyers Guild Calls for Closure of Concentration Camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Resolution. 12/15/2003 Mumia Abu-Jamal, December 7 Petition for Post-Conviction Relief (PDF) 11/21/2003 Open Letter to Miami Mayor Diaz Condemning Miami Police Department's Violation of Protestors' Due Process and First Amendment Rights. 11/20/2003 NLG Condemns Ashcroft's Superceding Indictment of Defense Lawyer Lynne Stewart. 9/25/03 Class Action Status Granted In DC Mass Arrest Lawsuit  . 9/9/03 Response to John Ashcroft at Faneuil Hall, Sept. 9, 2003 by Michael Avery, President-Elect National Lawyers Guild . 7/15/03 NLG Files Amicus Brief Urging New Trial for Antonio Guerrero . 7/9/03 Portland Attorneys File Brief With Israeli Supreme Court Challenging Israeli Policy of Assassination of Palestinians. Read the press release. Read the Amicus Brief here. 7/7/2003 Major Victory for Free Speech Rights: Philadelphia’s Unconstitutional Permitting Scheme Taken Down; Youth Curfew Lifted for First Amendment Activities. 6/26/2003 Bay Area NLG Files Federal Civil Rights Class Action Against Oakland . Read the 1st Amended Complaint here. (PDF) 5/23/2003 NLG Objects to New Regulations Restricting Americans' Travel to Cuba. Read the Comments here.(PDF) 4/17/2003 Portland NLG Files Suit Against City of Portland, Mayor and Police Department 4/10/2003 Chicago NLG Files Suit Against City of Chicago and Police Department . 3/6/2003 Law Professor Amicus Brief in Doe v. Bush. (PDF) 3/1/2003 NLG Files Joint Amicus Brief In Support of Lynne Stewart . (PDF) 2/18/2003 Resolution Opposing Redbaiting . 2002 12/12/02 Guild Member Leonard Weinglass Files Motion for New Trial for Cuban Five Member Antonio Guerrero . 12/12/02 National Lawyers Guild Files Amicus Brief Supporting New Trial for Cuban Five (PDF) 11/19/2002 D.C. and Federal Governments Sued for Orchestrated "Political Round-Ups" of Protestors. On the Necessity and Justification for Civil Disobedience in Opposition to the Bush/Cheney Administration's "War on Terrorism and Attacks Against Iraq 10/3/02 The National Lawyers Guild Supports Acts of Civil Disobedience in Protesting Preemptive Strike Against Iraq 4/10/2002 Attorney Lynne Stewart Indicted - NLG Statement.