by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Jan 24, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington D.C.) – The U.S. Supreme Court has granted review of two federal court decisions upholding race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC). The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Jan 21, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Holly A. Thomas to serve as the United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday. Since 2018, Judge Thomas has served as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge. She is...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Jan 20, 2022 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C.– Black residents of St. John the Baptist Parish have been subjected to disproportionate air pollution produced by various manufacturing facilities, including the Denka neoprene production plant, according to a complaint submitted to the U.S....
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Jan 20, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties at Thursday’s...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Jan 19, 2022 | Press Releases
Leading civil rights organizations issued the following joint statement in response to the double atrocity committed in the Senate tonight, both in blocking a vote on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act and in failing to change Senate rules to prevent such...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Jan 19, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – In the wake of the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, for the first time during the 117th Congress, the Senate debated the substance of the combined Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The...
