by Press | Apr 4, 2016 | Newsclips
Now some tenant advocates are gearing up for a legal fight with landlords. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonprofit legal-services organization, is looking into 13 landlords across a dozen states to see whether they imposed “blanket bans” on...
by Press | Mar 25, 2016 | Newsclips
To the Editor: Re “Justice Dept. Tells State Courts to End Policies That Prey on the Poor”(news article, March 15): In 1983, the Supreme Court ruled that you can’t send people to jail merely because they are too poor to pay their court fines in a case called Bearden...
by Press | Mar 21, 2016 | Newsclips
When President Obama announced Merrick Garland as his Supreme Court pick, you could almost hear the disappointment among many in the president’s base. Kristen Clarke, Christopher Kang and Jason Johnson join to discuss.
by Press | Mar 11, 2016 | Newsclips
Civil rights groups tried to apply pressure to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), who has been adamant that his committee would not hold a hearing on Obama’s nominee. “The position taken by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who...
by Press | Mar 5, 2016 | Newsclips
Although Americans are encouraged to take advantage of their right to vote, doing so can be very difficult. Officials at Election Protection — a nonpartisan coalition of groups that run an Election Day hotline to help voters who encounter problems — were...
