by Press | Jul 27, 2020 | Blog
(BOSTON) – The United States Department of Education’s (DOE) final rule on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs will make college campuses less safe and put sexual assault survivors at further risk by weakening Title IX protections, an amicus...
by Press | 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 Press | 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 Press | 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 Press | 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 Press | 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...
