by Press | Feb 11, 2025 | Press Releases
Lawsuit Alleges Meta Disproportionately Steers Ads for For-Profit Colleges and Universities to Black Facebook and Instagram Users in Violation of the D.C. Human Rights Act WASHINGTON, DC – Today a nonprofit advocacy organization, represented by a team of civil rights...
by Press | Feb 7, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Earlier this week, a judge granted Metropolitan AME Church the rights to the Proud Boys trademark, a key step in enforcing a $2.8 million judgment against the extremist group. The underlying judgment was won in a lawsuit filed by the Lawyers’...
by Press | Feb 4, 2025 | Press Releases
Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Pamela Bondi to the role of U.S. Attorney General: “We have grave concerns about how...
by Press | Jan 29, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON D.C. – Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement following reports that President Donald Trump removed two commissioners from the five-member bipartisan,...
by jtoye | Jan 28, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC– Alex Ault, policy counsel at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law released the following statement in anticipation of the Senate Judiciary Committee convening January 29th to vote whether to advance President Donald Trump’s attorney...
by Demelza Baer | Jan 24, 2025 | Press Releases
President Donald Trump’s initial executive orders and actions demonstrate a profound hostility to civil rights and many of the programs and policies that protect the rights of millions of Americans everyday. Within his first few days in office, President Trump issued...