by Press | May 31, 2019 | Press Releases
Despite abandoning plans to close all but two of nine polling sites in 2018 in the wake of local and national backlash, voting rights advocates condemn the decision of Randolph County election officials to renew consideration of polling site closures in this...
by Press | May 22, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – In response to the lawsuit filed by Ed Blum against the University of Texas at Austin alleging that its consideration of race in admissions violates the Texas Constitution, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee...
by Press | May 17, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, in recognition of the 65th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: “65 years...
by Press | May 16, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law submitted a comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to roll back the 2017 Payday Loan Rule, which regulates payday loans, auto title loans,...
by Press | May 13, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – In response to the recent Supreme Court decision in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, where the court ruled that a state cannot be sued in the courts of another state without its consent, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director...
by Press | May 10, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law condemns a proposed U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulation barring most families that include both people who are undocumented immigrants and individuals who are...
