by Nick Diaz | Aug 1, 2018 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s assertion that shoppers need to show photo ID to buy groceries,...
by Nick Diaz | Apr 28, 2018 | Newsclips
(CNN)Texas will be allowed to enforce its voter ID law in the upcoming elections, a federal appeals court has ruled. In the 2-1 decision, a panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned a lower court ruling that had blocked the law last year...
by Nick Diaz | Apr 27, 2018 | Newsclips
HOUSTON — A federal appeals court upheld Texas’ voter identification law on Friday, saying that it does not discriminate against black and Hispanic voters. The decision by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans,...
by Nick Diaz | Apr 27, 2018 | Newsclips
A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a lower court’s decision to block Texas from implementing its revised voter ID law. The decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit will allow Texas to enforce the voter ID law called SB 5, passed in 2017. The...