{"id":94,"date":"2006-10-19T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-19T18:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/if-you-are-in-or-near-d-c-on-october-25"},"modified":"2006-10-19T11:46:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-19T18:46:00","slug":"if-you-are-in-or-near-d-c-on-october-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/if-you-are-in-or-near-d-c-on-october-25","title":{"rendered":"If you are in or near D.C. on October 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is from my &#8220;old&#8221; law school&#8230;. DC School of Law <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a Quiet Revolution going on\u2026 Can we stop it?<\/p>\n<p>Does the Constitution forbid social security?  Minimum wages?  Workplace safety laws?<\/p>\n<p>Does the Constitution authorize torture?<\/p>\n<p>Over the past quarter century, an increasingly influential movement on the far right has waged a quiet war to undermine the Constitution. This movement has grown even more during the Bush years. Ultra-conservative judges, professors, funders, think tanks, lawmakers and activists are pursuing an agenda that would radically transform American life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they succeed,&#8221; says University of Chicago law professor Cass Sunstein, &#8220;we will, without really seeing it happen, end up with a very different country&#8211;one that&#8217;s both less free and less equal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Join Us!<\/p>\n<p>Speaker: Nan Aron, President of Alliance for Justice<br \/>And a Short Film: Quiet Revolution, hosted by Bradley Whitford<\/p>\n<p>Noon, Wednesday, October 25<br \/>UDC David A. Clarke School of Law<br \/>Building 39, Room 201<br \/>4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW<br \/>Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>Red Line Van Ness \/UDC Metro<br \/>Wheelchair accessible<\/p>\n<p>Lunch Provided!<br \/>No admission fee.<\/p>\n<p>RSVP: JLibertelli@Udc.edu<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by the UDC-DCSL American Constitution Society, Women\u2019s Law Society, OutLaw, and National Lawyer\u2019s Guild<\/p>\n<p>The Alliance for Justice (AFJ) (http:\/\/ajf.org) is a national association of public interest organizations spanning a range of issues, including civil rights, social justice, consumer, and environmental protection. Founded in 1979, AFJ leads progressive advocacy and strengthens the progressive movement to ensure robust and equal access to levels of government power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is from my &#8220;old&#8221; law school&#8230;. DC School of Law There\u2019s a Quiet Revolution going on\u2026 Can we stop it? Does the Constitution forbid social security? Minimum wages? Workplace safety laws? Does the Constitution authorize torture? Over the past quarter century, an increasingly influential movement on the far right has waged a quiet war [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-law-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}