by Don Owens | Jun 19, 2020 | Blog, Press Releases
Protesters, journalists, and advocates in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, with the help of national and local civil rights groups, won a victory for personal rights and the Constitution today. A N.C. a North Carolina Superior Court judge granted a temporary restraining order...
by Don Owens | Jun 12, 2020 | Blog
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a motion today in the District Court for Tennessee urging the court to rule in its favor and uphold a judge’s earlier order allowing mail-in voting for those concerned about in-person voting during the COVID-19...
by Don Owens | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – Today, California Common Cause, the League of Women Voters of California and the L.A.-based organization, Community Coalition, filed a motion to intervene in Republican National Committee v. Newsom and Issa v. Newsom (both related cases). These...
by Don Owens | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced his decision to postpone contract negotiations with the police union representing the city’s officers in order to conduct a more thorough review of the proposed contract and its provisions....
by Don Owens | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog
WASHINGTON — Leading national racial justice organizational leaders today issued a joint statement on the bicameral introduction of the Justice in Policing Act: “This nation is facing another crisis of police killing Black people. While these killings underscore...
by Don Owens | Jun 9, 2020 | Blog
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Alarm bells have been sounded in Georgia’s presidential primary and down-ballot elections today as state and local officials reacted to the chaos as voters faced long lines and confusion as they attempted to cast their votes in-person. The...
