Thank you to those of you who were able to join us last night for Subodh Chandra’s and Omar Noureldin’s conversation about the rule of law and attacks on due process.

This was a fascinating discussion on due process and the rule of law between two eminent civil rights lawyers. Click here for the recording.

Common Cause Ohio hosted the event with the Ohio Fair Courts Alliance and ACLU of Ohio and the League of Women Voters of Ohio as co-sponsors.

The event featured work and advice from Subodh Chandra, a civil rights attorney whose career includes high-profile cases such as voting-rights litigation against various voter-suppression schemes. He may be best known for representing Tamir Rice’s parents in their lawsuit against the city of Cleveland. Omar Noureldin is the Senior Vice President of Policy and Litigation Strategy at Common Cause. Prior to his tenure at Common Cause, he was Senior Counsel for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice.

This is not a drill. Due process and the rule of law are under constant attack. We are witnessing the near daily disregard of constitutional protections at the federal level and, at best, a slippery slope of lawmaking here in Ohio.

So many people want to know what they can DO. Here are some of Subodh Chandra’s suggestions for organizations to support and actions to take.

ORGANIZATIONS DOING THE WORK

• ACLU
• Common Cause
• Democracy Defenders
• Democracy Forward
• Immigration Legal Resource Center
• Indivisible
• Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School
• Protect Democracy
• Southern Poverty Law Center

LEGAL RESOURCES

• Ohio State Bar Association website
  
• Local State Bar Associations list

Ohio law schools with applicable clinics:

• Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  
• Cleveland State University College of Law
• Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
• University of Dayton School of Law

SUBODH’S TIPS

• Use the 5 Calls App
• Use your economic power (It’s a First Amendment protected activity!)
• Donate to organizations doing the work
• Donate your time
• Have conversations with people on the fence
• Speak up & speak out!
• Resist and protest!
• Write letters to the editor
• Amplify the arts: Subodh is a fan of Billy Simons, Jr. “We Are Great Again.” Please share it and his other recent, inspired songs like “Drill, Baby, Drill” with your friends.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• July 17: John Lewis “Good Trouble Lives on Day of Action
  
• Mobilize Us No Kings: One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism

Times are uncertain right now but remember we are all in this together! Do what you can, every little bit helps.