by Press | Jun 4, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Protesters who were attacked by federal troops in front of the White House Monday night as they were demonstrating nonviolently against police brutality sued President Donald Trump, Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper,...
by Press | May 28, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – During the middle of a pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and cost millions more jobs, President Donald Trump issued an executive order designed to have a chilling effect on certain social media companies that...
by Press | May 27, 2020 | Press Releases
(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Kentucky and Covington & Burling filed a federal lawsuit today over Kentucky’s failure to take appropriate action to ensure...
by Press | May 22, 2020 | Press Releases
Last month, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sent two letters to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Alex Azar, requesting comprehensive national race and ethnic demographic data for tests, cases and fatalities related to COVID-19. The...
by Press | May 21, 2020 | Press Releases
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a friend of the court brief on Wednesday in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia urging the court to rule against the false assertions alleged by plaintiffs in Thomas Curtin v. Virginia State...
by Press | May 18, 2020 | Press Releases
(Boston, Mass.) – A diverse group of Harvard students and alumni of color (student-amici) dismissed the intentions and likely harmful outcomes of the legal appeal filed by plaintiffs in the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard case today when they submitted...
