by Stanley Augustin | May 22, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – In response to the lawsuit filed by Ed Blum against the University of Texas at Austin alleging that its consideration of race in admissions violates the Texas Constitution, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee...
by Stanley Augustin | May 17, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, in recognition of the 65th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: “65 years...
by Stanley Augustin | May 16, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law submitted a comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to roll back the 2017 Payday Loan Rule, which regulates payday loans, auto title loans,...
by Stanley Augustin | May 15, 2019 | Newsclips
The criminal justice system let the real culprits — head coaches, colleges and NCAA — off the hook
by Stanley Augustin | May 14, 2019 | Newsclips
The Supreme Court overturned a 40-year-old precedent on Monday in a split 5-4 ruling that legal experts said did not bode well for the future of other well established cases like Roe v. Wade. “Today’s decision is deeply disturbing because it makes clear that five...