by Press | Apr 10, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC– Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, by a vote of 220-208. The Lawyers’ Committee previously opposed the SAVE Act last Congress and has outlined the many problems it and similar bills...
by Press | Apr 4, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has filed a brief on behalf of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) opposing the federal government’s request to unseal and publicly release FBI files on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....
by Press | Apr 4, 2025 | Press Releases
Civil Rights Advocacy and Pro Bono Legal Assistance Lawyers’ Committee Relies on at Risk WASHINGTON, DC— The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief in Perkins Coie v. DOJ asking a federal court to block the Trump administration’s executive...
by Press | Mar 28, 2025 | Press Releases
Statement from Sabrina Talukder, senior counsel with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Economic Justice Project and plaintiff’s attorney regarding the temporary restraining order in a case about the anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion executive...
by Press | Mar 27, 2025 | Press Releases
Robert Weiner, the Voting Rights Project Director at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s latest executive order that seeks to disenfranchise eligible voters: “The...
by Damon Hewitt | Mar 22, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in response to a Presidential Memorandum weaponizing the powers of the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security against lawyers who oppose the Trump administration’s actions, Damon T. Hewitt, president and executive director of the...
