http://www.cir-usa.org/ The Center for Individual Rights (CIR) is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of individual liberties against the increasingly aggressive and unchecked authority of federal and state governments. http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#143 CIR General Counsel Michael Rosman will speak at the American Constitution Society's 2009 National Convention on June 19, 2009 in Washington, DC.  He will appear on a panel, "Race and ... 2009-06-16 10:24:32 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#142  April 22, 2009 -- The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Ricci v. DeStefano, a case in which 18 New Haven, Connecticut firefighters are challenging that city's decision to throw out ... 2009-04-28 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#141 February 26, 2009 -  CIR filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in a case brought by New Haven firefighters challenging a decision by city officials to jettison a hiring ... 2009-02-26 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#139 December 11, 2008 - U.S. District Court Judge David Lawson denied the ACLU's motion (made on behalf of the "Cantrell Plaintiffs") to amend or modify his March 2008 ruling upholding ... 2008-12-11 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#140 December 10, 2008 - U.S. District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry approved a stipulated settlement agreement that brings to successful conclusion CIR’s suit challenging the use of an Asian quota ... 2008-12-10 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#134 November 4, 2008 – Voters in Nebraska voted by a wide margin to end preferential treatment based on skin color or gender in public education, contracting and employment. Initiative ... 2008-11-04 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#131 October 20, 2008 - CIR filed appeals in United States v. New York City Board of Education and several related cases. The cases have been called "notorious" by Sen. ... 2008-10-20 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#132 September 29, 2008 - U.S. District Court Judge Stephen G. Larson denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss CIR’s claim for injunctive relief against California housing officials who used a lengthy ... 2008-09-29 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#133 September 15, 2008 - CIR General Counsel Michael Rosman travelled to Idaho to urge a panel of Ninth Circuit judges to hold state officials liable in their personal capacities ... 2008-09-15 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#130 April 7, 2008 - The National Association of Scholars website has posted an article authored by CIR president Terence Pell about recent CIR efforts to force three Michigan universities ... 2008-04-07 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#129 April 1, 2008 - CIR filed suit against officials of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing charging that they willfully violated the First Amendment rights of California citizen ... 2008-04-01 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#128 March 18, 2008 - U.S. District Court Judge David Lawson ruled that Michigan’s Prop. 2 does not violate the U.S. Constitution. Lawson’s decision was a victory for CIR client Eric Russell ... 2008-03-18 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#127 February 22, 2008 - In a hearing to consider CIR's suit to rid Mark Twain Intermediate school of illegal racial quotas in admissions, U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein terminated the ... 2008-02-22 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#126 February 12, 2008 - The New York City Department of Education today joined CIR in asking Federal District Court Judge Jack Weinstein to terminate the 1974 desegregation decree that imposes ... 2008-02-12 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#125 February 6, 2008 - CIR co-counsel Charles J. Cooper urged U.S. Federal District Court Judge David Lawson to reject all pending legal challenges to Prop. 2 as a matter of ... 2008-02-05 00:00:00