by Don Owens | Jul 9, 2020 | Press Releases
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief on Wednesday in support of the plaintiffs in District of Columbia v. U.S. Department of Agriculture and Bread for the City v. U.S. Department of Agriculture; cases that challenge the federal...
by Don Owens | Jul 8, 2020 | Press Releases
NOTE TO REPORTERS Civil rights groups led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a motion today to add Washington D.C. Chief of Police, Peter Newsham, and unnamed D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers as defendants in the early-June...
by Don Owens | Jul 8, 2020 | Press Releases
(INDIANAPOLIS) – An Indiana state law violates the constitutional rights of its citizens because it strips voters of their right to petition state courts to extend polling place hours, a federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...
by Don Owens | Jul 6, 2020 | Press Releases
In response to a lawsuit and motion for a temporary restraining order filed early Friday morning by civil rights groups, including the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a federal judge today granted a consent temporary restraining order against protest...
by Don Owens | Jul 3, 2020 | Press Releases
(Raleigh, N.C.) – The city of Graham’s orders preventing groups of two or more people from protesting without police permission violates the First Amendment to the Constitution on rights to free speech and assembly, a coalition of civil rights groups led by the...
by Don Owens | Jul 1, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – In a late-night tweet, President Trump signaled that his administration may end the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) program enacted under President Obama. AFFH was added to the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to fight historic patterns...
