Tell the Senate: Confirm Dawn Johnsen as head of the Office of Legal Counsel

The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) at the Justice Department is incredibly important -- among other things, it's the where the legal rationale for the Bush administration's torture policies was crafted. Dawn Johnsen's nomination to head the OLC is under attack from the Right Wing, but she is the perfect pick to clean up the OLC and help restore justice to the DOJ.
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Dump DOMA

It's time for some real change we can believe in. It's time for the federal government to stop punishing loving same-sex couples. It's time to repeal DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act). President-elect Obama says he supports the repeal. Take action right now to make sure Congress sends him the legislation.
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Torture Accountability: Tell Holder to Appoint a Special Prosecutor to Investigate Bybee, Yoo, and Bradbury

According to initial accounts, the report due to be released by the Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibility will not recommend criminal investigation of the authors of the now infamous "torture memos." But true accountability for illegal acts requires prosecution. Tell Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to conduct a criminal investigation of Jay Bybee, John Yoo, and Steven Bradbury, the legal architects of the Bush administration's torture policies.
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Torture Accountability: Impeach 9th Circuit Judge Jay Bybee

As the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel under President George W. Bush, Jay Bybee tried to bend the law to justify the administration's torture policies. Had the recently-released Bush-era torture memos been disclosed when Jay Bybee was nominated by the former president for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, he probably would not have been confirmed by the Senate. We agree with the New York Times: "Mr. Bybee is unfit for a job that requires legal judgment and a respect for the Constitution. Congress should impeach him."
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Tell Congress How to Restore Justice

Justice has been on vacation for eight long years. It needs to be restored. That means restoring checks and balances, accountability, transparency and the rule of law -- some of our most fundamental constitutional values that have been stepped on and undermined by the previous administration. People For has a new Campaign to Restore Justice and a three-point petition to congressional leaders.
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Call for DHS to Publish "Rightwing Extremism" Report

The murders of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas and Stephen T. Johns at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum reiterate the need for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to finalize and publish its "Rightwing Extremism" report.
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