by Press | Sep 14, 2020 | Press Releases
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has launched the Minnesota anti-eviction project, which will recruit and train pro bono lawyers and law students to provide tenants facing eviction during this uncertain time with direct legal...
by Press | Sep 9, 2020 | Press Releases
(Nashville, Tenn.)- A federal judge in Tennessee blocked a law that prevented first-time registered voters from using an absentee ballot Wednesday night, expanding vote-by-mail to tens of thousands of residents. Any Tennessee voter who...
by Press | Sep 8, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) –The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s new Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice rule goes into effect today, marking a major step backwards in the ongoing fight for fair housing in the United...
by Press | Sep 8, 2020 | Press Releases
(Anchorage, Alaska) – Alaska’s witness signature requirement for casting an absentee ballot is unconstitutional, and immediate injunctive and declaratory relief must be granted, a state lawsuit filed today against Lieutenant Governor...
by Press | Sep 5, 2020 | Press Releases
(SAN FRANCISCO) – The Trump administration’s last-minute move to terminate 2020 census operations would likely lead to a massive undercount of millions of people in the United States – many of them African-American, immigrants and other people of color – a federal...
by Press | Sep 5, 2020 | Press Releases
(CLEVELAND) – To immediately expand the accessibility of ballot drop boxes to Ohio voters and protect the fundamental right to vote, a preliminary junction was filed today against Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s Directive 2020-16....
