by Press | Apr 28, 2019 | Press Releases
We mourn with the American Jewish community today as another act of violent anti-Semitism targeted the Jewish community at Congregation Chabad in Poway, California. This horrific attack is made all the more devastating as it occurred on the last day of Passover and...
by Press | Apr 26, 2019 | Press Releases
Agreement between civil rights groups and state elections officials ends lawsuit over voter roll purge that discriminated against non-citizens A group of civil rights organizations reached an agreement today with Texas state officials to settle a lawsuit challenging...
by Press | Apr 25, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued a demand letter to Facebook yesterday calling for the company to remove various videos and content posted by members of the United Constitutional Patriots (UCP), an extremist militia group...
by Press | Apr 23, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today the United States Supreme Court heard 90 minutes of argument in one of the current term’s most consequential cases, Department of Commerce v. New York, et al, a challenge to the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to...
by Press | Apr 22, 2019 | Press Releases
Lawsuit Seeks to Expose Former CFPB Director’s Ties to Payday Lending Industry Washington, DC (April 22, 2019) – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the White House Office...
by Press | Apr 19, 2019 | Press Releases
Today, 26 civil society organizations sent a letter to Congress calling on legislators to ensure that any federal privacy legislation address the discriminatory impacts of commercial data practices and protect people of color, women, religious minorities, members of...
