American Civil Rights Project
The American Civil Rights Project knows that Americans’ civil rights are individual rights, equally held by all (regardless of whether those rights are understood as a positive enactment of centuries of ratifiers or as the common endowment of all children from nature and nature’s God). The ACR Project exists to protect and, where necessary, restore the primacy of all Americans’ shared civil rights. And we need your help!
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The American Civil Rights Project, a public-interest law firm, seeks to assure that American law equally protects all Americans. The ACR Project needs your help to pay for its efforts seeking to accomplish that goal. The ACR Project is a tax-exempt public charity, under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, so all contributions to the ACR Project may be tax deductible under Section 170 of the Code.
Our Latest News
Carpenter v. Vilsack: ACR Project and MI Jointly Submit Amicus Brief Supporting Petition for Cert in Challenge to Racial Discrimination Among Ranchers
The ACR Project and Manhattan Institute support Carpenter's petition to the Supreme Court, seeking reversal of the lower courts' dismissal of an important challenge to federal racial discrimination in determining Americans' eligibility for programs.
ACR Project and CEO Jointly File Brief on Behalf of Cory R. Liu, Supporting Challenge to SEC Approval of Discriminatory NASDAQ Listing Requirement
We and CEO filed an amicus brief on behalf of Corey R. Liu with the 5th COA, supporting a challenge to the SEC's 2021 approval of NASDAQ's alteration of its listing requirements. Those requirements irrationally prioritize a very particular, very odd concept of "diversity."
New Model Legislation: Enforcing the Law on Colorblind Admissions–Congress can stop unconstitutional discrimination and fund better alternatives
Last year, the Court clarified that the racial balancing of our colleges and universities is unconstitutional and illegal. More recently, it declined to take further action to prevent it. Meanwhile, the federal government actively conditions hundreds of thousands of dollars of funding on schools certifying their racial balances. Americans don’t need to wait on the Court to stop funding universities’ racial balancing of their student bodies. Congress can take action right now. Here's how.