His fight for the underrepresented extended to women when he led bipartisan forces in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment, advocated for the preservation of Title IX, and led the enactment of the Equal Credit Act, each of which made it possible for women to lead independent lives.
Odeh's attorney, Michael Deutsch, said that Odeh's indictment was the "fruit of an illegal investigation" by the U.S. government, tied to the subpoenas of 23 midwest antiwar activists in 2010, and that Odeh was selectively prosecuted because of her protected First Amendment activities advocating for Palestinian rights.
One is an amendment advocated by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to protect people from being convicted for activity they mistakenly thought was legal.
Peter Scheer is executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, a nonprofit advocating for free speech and government accountability.
________________ Peter Scheer is executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, a nonprofit advocating for free speech and government accountability.
Progressives need to mobilize on behalf of campaign finance reform and draw attention to the egregious pro-corporate tilt of the Supreme Court, and advocating for an amendment is one way to do so.
It was Dodd who did everything possible -- including writing and advocating for an amendment -- which would have applied the limitations on executive compensation to all bailout-receiving firms, including AIG, and applied it to all future bonus payments without regard to when those payments were promised.
The topic of gun control is extremely polarized; some adamantly advocating for their Second Amendment rights, while other concerned citizens plea for stricter laws and regulation.
But before the NRA converted entirely into a Second Amendment obsessed blood cult, advocating for responsible gun ownership was at least one of their raisons d'etre.
The use of biochar as a soil amendment had been increasingly advocated for its effects on carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emission mitigation as well as on improvement of soil fertility.
