by Press | Jun 27, 2018 | Press Releases
Decision has negative implications for women, particularly women of color and low-income women (Washington, D.C.) Today, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling striking down the California Reproductive Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency...
by Press | Jun 27, 2018 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement following news that a federal grand jury in Virginia indicted the...
by Press | Jun 27, 2018 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, ruling that requiring non-members of public sector unions to pay fair share fees violates the First Amendment. Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director,...
by Press | Jun 26, 2018 | Press Releases
State granted injunctive relief extending voting by one hour to 9 pm EDT WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a Baltimore circuit court judge granted an injunction extending the voting deadline in three North Baltimore precincts following the filing of an emergency...
by Press | Jun 26, 2018 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), in coordination with pro bono counsel, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS), and Iranian-American civil rights lawyer Cyrus Mehri, partner of Washington,...
by Press | Jun 25, 2018 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement Monday regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 judgement in Abbott v. Perez, overturning a lower court’s...
