by Press | Jul 18, 2017 | Newsclips
The Commission’s first meeting was held by telephone and wasn’t open to the public. Wednesday’s meeting will be streamed over the Internet. But that doesn’t count as “public,” either, according to Ezra Rosenberg, co-director of the...
by Press | Jul 14, 2017 | Newsclips
Watchdogs suing the federal government over President Donald Trump’s self-described “voter fraud panel” say he went over the edge this week with a new addition to the group. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the American Civil Liberties Union on...
by Press | Jul 10, 2017 | Newsclips
Also Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed separate lawsuits asking the same judge, Kollar-Kotelly, a 1997 Clinton appointee, to find the voting panel in violation of government transparency laws. The...
by Press | Jul 10, 2017 | Newsclips
“This is a shoddy commission, and the stakes are high,” said Kristen Clarke, the president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a voter advocacy group. “They seek data on more than 200 million registered voters across the country. At the least,...
by Press | Jul 6, 2017 | Newsclips
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law called for an investigation into whether Kobach violated the Hatch Act, a 1939 law intended to keep federal employees from directly supporting candidates, accusing him of using his role on the presidential...
