Much of the legal sector has been captured by the conservative movement, led by extremists in the MAGA bloc. What’s more, the legal sector is not presently positioned to guard against the next wave of anti-democratic threats.

The good news, though, is that it’s not too late…

i love the answer from maurice about the importance of impact litigation in movement work - we 'cook with what we have in the kitchen.' it's a tool. it's not sacred, its not magical, but it can be useful

'movement lawyers need to decouple law from order' -- Maurice Moe Mitchell 🐺

man if you are feeling cynical about the election in the fall i suggest watching this conversation. Maurice Moe Mitchell 🐺 talks about 'diagnosis' - understanding the roots of the problem and how we think about the future of our democracy

damn. alana pointing out how right wing authoritarianism actually understand the value of little d democracy better than progressives do sometimes. thinking about moms for liberty etc - how 'democratic' movements drive movements against democracy

alana greer is a genius and she is now talking about how progressive lawyers have to grapple with how their profession has narrowed the concept of democracy and often contributed to the dilution of democratic power

this is so good. 'If we look at the democracy defense legal work that’s being done around the country right now, most of it is to defend the wins of the past'....but 'alone it’s not going to be enough'

'one of the goals of authoritarian spaces is to keep us from taking the space to reflect' - alana

'we have to think about what we're doing so we aren't just living in tactics' - mo

and now maurice and alana! yayaayyaya

feels so nice to be in space with people who are thinking more broadly about democracy - thinking about it beyond the few-times-a-year electoral sense

'last week, we lost a decade of reforms in louisiana's criminal legal system'

i love Movement Law Lab and i recommend their 'unprecedented' - i'm on one of the sessions right now about fighting authoritarianism and for no reason in particular it is very relevant rn!!!

Our 'Unprecedented' webinar today is the second of four. If you missed our first one, check it out here: youtu.be/xRy5MWmSRpA?si…

Today's the day for our second 'Unprecedented' webinar... starting in 10 minutes! We'll be retweeting live tweets from josie duffy rice (thanks, Josie!)

On Thursday, CJA filed an #amicusbrief in The CCR’s historic case against USG re: #Gaza outlining the U.S. responsibility to provide a judicial remedy for #genocide under int’l law. Read in full ⬇️

ccrjustice.org/sites/default/…

🇵🇸 Más de 135 organizaciones de derechos humanos solicitamos a los tribunales federales en EEUU que reprueben a Biden por no evitar el genocidio en Gaza.

Apoyamos, a través de Movement Law Lab, el escrito de The CCR para evitar la masacre en Palestina ⚖️

observatoridesc.org/es/mas-135-org…

#BreakingNews #Palestine #movementlawyers

einpresswire.com/article/695434…

Learn from Maurice Moe Mitchell 🐺 of Working Families Party 🐺 and Alana Greer of Community Justice Project, interviewing each other about the role of progressive lawyers in the Block-and-Build movement for multiracial #democracy .

Register for this event and more at movementlawlab.org/unprecedented