by Press | Jun 30, 2026 | Press Releases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Trump’s order denying birthright citizenship to children born on U.S. soil, affirming that the Fourteenth Amendment means what it has always meant. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,...
by Press | Jun 30, 2026 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC –Today, in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Barbara to block President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, Damon T. Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for...
by Press | Jun 29, 2026 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right for states to decide whether to count ballots postmarked before or on Election Day but received after Election Day. Robert Weiner, the Voting Rights Project director of the Lawyers’ Committee for...
by Press | Jun 29, 2026 | Press Releases
Washington — Today, three anti-trafficking organizations, represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law and Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, secured a stay against the Department of Justice (DOJ), temporarily...
by Press | Jun 26, 2026 | Press Releases
The conversation featured President and Executive Director Damon Hewitt and Rep. Jamie Raskin. MS NOW political analyst and The 19th’s Editor in Chief Errin Haines served as moderator. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under...
