by Press | Aug 5, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC. – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement in response to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio: ‘The shootings in El Paso...
by Press | Aug 1, 2019 | Press Releases
Trial Court’s Redistricting Plan for Senate District 22 JACKSON, Miss. — Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision affirming the trial court’s judgment that the redistricting plan adopted by the Mississippi Legislature in 2012 for Senate District 22...
by Press | Aug 1, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement on reports that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) plans to issue a proposed...
by Press | Jul 26, 2019 | Press Releases
ST. LOUIS, MO & WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) applauds the decision of the United States Court of Appeal for the 8th Circuit upholding a District Court decision dismissing a lawsuit arising from...
by Press | Jul 23, 2019 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2019 Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Voting Rights Lawsuit Against Louisiana Over Discriminatory Maps for State Supreme Court Only 2 African Americans Elected to State’s Highest Court Since 1904, Suit Seeks to Address...
by Press | Jul 17, 2019 | Press Releases
Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Board Member of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Former Law Clerk of Justice Stevens, Offers Reflections Washington, D.C. – Following the death of former Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court, Lawyers’...
