by Press | Oct 22, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-0 along party lines this morning to advance the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the full Senate, as Democrats boycotted. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated Barrett’s...
by Press | Oct 22, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has activated a growing network of over 23,000 legal volunteers to safeguard voting rights and counter threats to ballot access during the 2020 election season. This network, up from 5,000...
by Press | Oct 22, 2020 | Press Releases
(Hartford, Conn.) – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) new disparate impact rule violates the Administrative Procedure Act, and would make it virtually impossible for victims of discrimination to prevail when they challenge...
by Press | Oct 20, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The public deserves to know the names of officers involved in violence against civilians and to watch camera footage from those events, argues the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in an amicus brief filed Monday in the D.C. Superior...
by Press | Oct 20, 2020 | Press Releases
(Jackson, Miss.) – A new ‘notice and cure process’ to give voters a chance to correct minor issues with their absentee ballots and expanded curbside voting were implemented today by Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson for the Nov. 2020 election. A...
by Press | Oct 19, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it would not halt a ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court extending the state’s ballot receipt deadline. The following is a statement from Kristen Clarke, president and executive director at the...
