by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Apr 27, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Senate Judiciary Committee began hearings Wednesday to confirm five of President Biden’s nominees, all women of color, to the federal bench. President Biden is following through on his commitment to nominate attorneys and jurists from...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Apr 26, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) - A federal appeals court should reverse a district judge’s ruling that held Black voters and other impacted community members have no right to sue under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, according to an amicus brief filed by...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Apr 14, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, DC)— The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday, that it reached a settlement with the City of Springfield, Massachusetts following an investigation into a pattern of excessive force by the Springfield Police Department’s now-disbanded...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Apr 13, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – The Biden Administration announced changes to United States Park Police and Secret Service policies related to the policing of demonstrations, to settle some of the legal claims by civil rights protesters unconstitutionally and brutally attacked outside...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Apr 7, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday, marking the first time in the nation’s history that a Black woman was confirmed to the high court. Judge Jackson is one of the most...
