Word: ccr
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...representatives of the Coalition for Civil Rights (CCR), which is composed of six minority law student groups and the Women's Law Association, say they plan to pursue their case to the highest level possible in the state...
...This issue is critically important in civil rights law," says third-year law student John C. Bonifaz, a CCR member...
Other students worry that Thomas's appointment to the high court could mean a curtailing of certain basic rights they feel are guaranteed by the Constitution. Julia R. Gordon '85, a Black law student and an active member of the school's Coalition for Civil Rights (CCR), is "terrified" that a court Thomas would serve on will further erode privacy rights, criminal defendants' rights, affirmative action and habeas corpus...
Keith O. Boykin, a third-year law student and active CCR member, agrees: "It's just as important what [Thomas] is not saying as what he has said...
...other major setback for the CCR came later in the spring, after what has come to be an annual rite--a sit-in Clark's office. Thirteen days after students occupied the Dean's office on April 10, Clark sent a stern letter to all students and faculty members warning that such "future disruptions" would lead to suspensions or even expulsions...