by Press | Jan 11, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) –President Joe Biden delivered a speech in Atlanta Tuesday that focused on the recently erected barriers to voting rights at the state level and the urgency of passing critical federal voting rights legislation. The following is a statement from...
by Press | Jan 11, 2022 | Press Releases
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights called on the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and other Chicago officials to update the community on the status of investigations into CPD officer Robert Bakker, who has...
by Press | Jan 9, 2022 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, DC): Dozens of the country’s most prominent civil and voting rights organizations are banding together to organize and turn out voters in the 2022 midterm elections and fight against voter suppression. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law...
by Press | Jan 7, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, DC) – The civil rights community mourns the loss of Professor Lani Guinier, a voting rights champion, whose litigation, policy analysis, and scholarship on race, elections, and democracy inspired generations of advocates. The first woman of color to be...
by Press | Jan 7, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – A Georgia judge has sentenced a trio of vigilantes convicted of hunting down and murdering Ahmaud Arbery to life in prison earlier on Friday. A father and son duo were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, while their neighbor...
