by Press | Jun 18, 2020 | Press Releases
Lawyers’ Committee Co-Leads Efforts to Pressure Facebook to Pull Trump Ads Associated With ‘Organized Hate’ Statement of Lawyers’ Committee Under Law Expert (WASHINGTON, DC) – In response to reports from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and other...
by Press | Jun 18, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, DC) – The Trump administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security unlawfully stripped hundreds of thousands of aspiring Americans of their protections provided by a 2012 executive order, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision today....
by Press | Jun 17, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The following is a statement from Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law:“Our nation is at a crossroads when it comes to the police violence crisis and growing numbers of African...
by Press | Jun 16, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – President Donald Trump issued an executive order on policing and police reform today. The following is a statement from Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: “President Trump’s...
by Press | Jun 16, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – A coalition of education and civil rights advocates led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law called on 30 major universities to immediately end their consideration of SAT/ACT scores for student admissions in a letter today. The...
by Press | Jun 15, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a landmark case today that Title VII’s protections from workplace discrimination “because of … sex” apply to LGBTQ employees. In a trio of cases challenging discriminatory actions of employers, the court...
