by Press | Oct 2, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.)- President Donald Trump’s directive to his supporters- encouraging them to go and watch the polls very closely on Election Day and recent threats to send law enforcement officials to polling sites, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law...
by Press | Oct 2, 2020 | Press Releases
(Charleston, S.C.) – South Carolina’s failure to allow absentee voters to correct minor concerns on their ballot envelopes is unconstitutional and must be corrected before the November election, a lawsuit filed today against several...
by Press | Sep 30, 2020 | Press Releases
With just a few weeks before Election Day, Hoosier voters received another big win in court Tuesday. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted a request to extend the state’s absentee ballot deadline. The court ruled that all mail-in ballots...
by Press | Sep 30, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – President Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacy during last night’s first televised presidential debate in Ohio. Moreover, he told the followers of extremist groups Proud Boys that they should “stand back and stand by.” Kristen...
by Press | Sep 26, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett today to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the United States Supreme Court. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil...
by Press | Sep 25, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – One-thousand-five-hundred members of the private bar have signed-on to a letter sent to the United States Senate today, urging them to postpone confirmation of a new Supreme Court...
