by Press | Feb 13, 2019 | Press Releases
Boston, MA – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law will deliver their closing arguments in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) vs. Harvard in Federal District Court in Boston, MA in support of Harvard’s race-conscious holistic...
by Press | Feb 13, 2019 | Press Releases
JACKSON, Miss. — Federal District Judge Carlton Reeves issued an order today declaring that the district lines of State Senate District 22 violate Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act. Judge Reeves said that the legislature should have the first opportunity to...
by Press | Feb 9, 2019 | Press Releases
ALBANY, NY – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), who joins Governor Andrew Cuomo today as he signs historic legislation expanding voting rights in New York State,issued the...
by Press | Feb 9, 2019 | Press Releases
Washington, DC– Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issues the following statement in response to an announcement made by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton regarding alleged non-U.S. citizen on the...
by Press | Feb 9, 2019 | Press Releases
GALVESTON, Texas – The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the national ACLU, the Texas Civil Rights Project, Demos, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed today a lawsuit against the Texas Secretary of State David Whitley for the creation...
by Press | Jan 24, 2019 | Press Releases
ALBANY, NY – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), who joins Governor Andrew Cuomo today as he signs historic legislation expanding voting rights in New York State, issued the...
