by Damon Hewitt | Jun 19, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON D.C. – Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement in honor of Juneteenth. “In a time where our civil rights and our communities are under vicious assault,...
by Damon Hewitt | Mar 22, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in response to a Presidential Memorandum weaponizing the powers of the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security against lawyers who oppose the Trump administration’s actions, Damon T. Hewitt, president and executive director of the...
by Damon Hewitt | Nov 7, 2024 | Blog, Letters from the Executive Director
Yesterday’s election results confirmed a critical truth: our democracy and hard-fought rights are under attack. With Donald Trump poised to assume the presidency again, many of us are rightfully concerned about an agenda that threatens to roll back progress,...
