by Press | Sep 10, 2026 | Press Releases
INDIANA — A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by four nonpartisan organizations – League of Women Voters of Indiana, Common Cause Indiana, Hoosier Asian American Power, and Exodus Refugee Immigration – seeking to halt enforcement of Indiana laws that...
by Press | Aug 27, 2026 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP, Common Cause, and Black Voters Matter filed new claims in federal court today in their lawsuit against the president’s executive order on mail-in voting. The new filing challenges a rule issued...
by Press | Aug 24, 2026 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON— Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, today issued the following statement as Ryan P. Haygood begins his tenure as president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center: “Ryan Haygood is one of...
by Press | Aug 14, 2026 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON — In response to the FBI’s release of its 2025 hate crime statistics, Len Kamdang, Director of the Criminal Justice Project and the Byrd Center to Stop Hate at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement:...
by Press | Aug 6, 2026 | Press Releases
To mark the 61st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the convener of the Election Protection Coalition, issued the following statement: “Sixty-one years ago, our...
