The Center for a Just Society was a conservative non-profit organization located in
Washington, DC
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. The Center focused its work on providing conservative answers to
social justice
Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals fu ...
issues and is most known for the work of its chairman, Ken Connor. Connor was the lawyer for
Jeb Bush
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. Bush, who grew up in Houston, was the second son of former President George H. W. Bush a ...
during the
Terri Schiavo case
The Terri Schiavo case was a series of court and legislative actions in the United States from 1998 to 2005, regarding the care of Theresa Marie Schiavo (née Schindler) (; December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), a woman in an irreversible ...
and served as the president of the
Family Research Council
The Family Research Council (FRC) is an American evangelical activist group and think-tank with an affiliated lobbying organization. FRC promotes what it considers to be family values. It opposes and lobbies against: access to pornography, emb ...
before leaving and founding the Center in 2004. The Center is known for its online publications and has raised controversy in the conservative community for its work defending access to the courts.
[Ramesh Ponnuru]
Social Injustice: Trial lawyers woo social conservatives
Point of Law; Retrieved: 17 August 2009
The organization is now defunct, ceasing operations in 2014.
References
External links
Official SiteSourceWatch Profile"Center for a Just Society: Effective Advocacy Online and Offline" Profile by ''Daily Uprising''
Think tanks based in Washington, D.C.
Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C.
Political advocacy groups in the United States
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