Alliance for Justice
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The Alliance for Justice (AFJ) is a progressive judicial advocacy group in the United States.[1][2] 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.[3] The Alliance for Justice presents a modern liberal viewpoint on legal issues.[4]
Judicial advocacy
AFJ launched the Judicial Selection Project in 1985 to monitor the federal judicial appointment system.[5] According to AFJ's founder, Nan Aron, the organization wanted to guard against the ideological impact of Ronald Reagan's federal judicial nominees.[6] AFJ objects to judicial nominees who oppose abortion or who promise to exercise judicial restraint.[2] The organization provides background on prospective nominees to the American Bar Association and the Senate Judiciary Committee.[2]
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.[7] 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.[8] In 2013, AFJ supported President Barack Obama's three nominees for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[9]
Member organizations
AFJ reports a membership of over 130 organizations. As of 2025, member groups include:[10]
- 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
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