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For Immediate Release December 4, 2003 Grievance Filed With Virginia Bar Against NAACP Official Charges Elaine Jones with “Intentionally attempting to improperly influence the outcome of a pending case” in which she was named Counsel WASHINGTON, DC -- Several national constitutional and grassroots organizations today filed a grievance with the State Bar of Virginia calling for a full investigation and for appropriate action to be taken against Elaine Jones, President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The complaint, signed by the Center for Individual Freedom, the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary, the Congress of Racial Equality and Project 21 charges...

In an editorial on November 14, the Wall Street Journal published information about memos from the offices of Senate Democrats in 2001, in which plans and strategies were outlined to oppose the judicial nominations of Miguel Estrada, Priscilla Owen, and others. Analysis and the complete text of these leaked memos can be found here, at the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary (PDF format, 2 MB). These memos show a planned, organized effort to stop the nominations of "dangerous" candidates like Miguel Estrada -- dangerous, by the memo's own admission "because he is Latino, and the White House seems to be...