by Press | Jan 28, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC– Alex Ault, policy counsel at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law released the following statement in anticipation of the Senate Judiciary Committee convening January 29th to vote whether to advance President Donald Trump’s attorney...
by Press | Jan 21, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Following his inauguration, President Donald Trump issued an executive order pardoning and commuting the sentences of nearly 1600 people charged for their involvement in the January 6 insurrection. Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the...
by Press | Jan 20, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: “This morning, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day,...
by Press | Jan 19, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC — On Sunday, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a new round of pardons and commutations granting clemency to five activists, including a posthumous pardon for civil rights leader Marcus Garvey and commuting the sentences of two others. Damon...
by Press | Jan 18, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON—The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke once led, as well as several other legacy civil rights organizations, congratulate Ms. Clarke on her successful tenure leading the Civil Rights...
