U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Agrees To Uphold Rule Ensuring Access To Housing In High Opportunity Areas Following Successful Lawsuit By Coalition of National Civil Rights Organizations

by Press | Feb 20, 2018 | Press Releases

Judgment Entered For Plaintiffs in Open Communities Alliance v. Carson Ensures Greater Housing Opportunities For Low-Income Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently agreed to abandon its attempt to delay a federal...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to Indictments Brought By Special Prosecutor Highlighting Efforts To Deceive And Intimidate African-American And Minority Voters

by Press | Feb 16, 2018 | Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller issued an indictment alleging that Russian operatives conspired to defraud the United States by impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful functions of government for the purpose of interfering with...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to Reports of Florida Shooter’s Ties to White Nationalist Group

by Press | Feb 15, 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 Thursday responding to reports that Parkland, Florida shooter Nikolas Cruz was affiliated with a white nationalist...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Takes Action Following Trump Administration’s Decision To Eliminate DOJ’s Critical “Peacemaker” Office Created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964

by Press | Feb 13, 2018 | Press Releases

National Civil Rights Organization Responds to Cut Included in President Trump’s Budget with FOIA Request To DOJ and Other Agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. – One day after President Trump effectively called for the end of the Community Relations Service (CRS) office within...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to Withdrawal of U.S. Census Bureau Nominee Dr. Thomas Brunell

by Press | Feb 12, 2018 | Press Releases

Brunell “was woefully unqualified for this most important role” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement Monday responding to reports that Dr. Thomas...

Trial Opens in Major Federal Voting Rights Lawsuit in Texas

by Press | Feb 11, 2018 | Press Releases

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Filed Lawsuit to Challenge Discriminatory Method of Electing Texas’s High Court Judges CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas and WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, a federal district court will hear arguments in the trial phase of a major...