by Press | Jul 9, 2020 | Press Releases
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief on Wednesday in support of the plaintiffs in District of Columbia v. U.S. Department of Agriculture and Bread for the City v. U.S. Department of Agriculture; cases that challenge the federal...
by Press | Jul 8, 2020 | Press Releases
NOTE TO REPORTERS Civil rights groups led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a motion today to add Washington D.C. Chief of Police, Peter Newsham, and unnamed D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers as defendants in the early-June...
by Press | Jul 8, 2020 | Press Releases
(INDIANAPOLIS) – An Indiana state law violates the constitutional rights of its citizens because it strips voters of their right to petition state courts to extend polling place hours, a federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...
by Press | Jul 6, 2020 | Press Releases
In response to a lawsuit and motion for a temporary restraining order filed early Friday morning by civil rights groups, including the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a federal judge today granted a consent temporary restraining order against protest...
by Press | Jul 3, 2020 | Press Releases
(Raleigh, N.C.) – The city of Graham’s orders preventing groups of two or more people from protesting without police permission violates the First Amendment to the Constitution on rights to free speech and assembly, a coalition of civil rights groups led by the...
