by Demelza Baer | Jan 24, 2025 | Press Releases
President Donald Trump’s initial executive orders and actions demonstrate a profound hostility to civil rights and many of the programs and policies that protect the rights of millions of Americans everyday. Within his first few days in office, President Trump issued...
by Press | Jan 21, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Following his inauguration, President Donald Trump issued an executive order pardoning and commuting the sentences of nearly 1600 people charged for their involvement in the January 6 insurrection. Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the...
by Press | Jan 20, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: “This morning, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day,...
by Press | Jan 19, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC — On Sunday, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a new round of pardons and commutations granting clemency to five activists, including a posthumous pardon for civil rights leader Marcus Garvey and commuting the sentences of two others. Damon...
by Press | Jan 18, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON—The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke once led, as well as several other legacy civil rights organizations, congratulate Ms. Clarke on her successful tenure leading the Civil Rights...
by Press | Jan 17, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, following the announcement that President Biden commuted the sentences of people impacted by crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparities, Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
