by Press | May 25, 2017 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 25, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday overwhelmingly upheld an injunction blocking President Trump’s unlawful executive order targeting immigrants and travelers from six majority-Muslim nations. “Once...
by Press | May 25, 2017 | Press Releases
Settlement Helps Combat Discrimination Faced by Vulnerable Refugee Children WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced Thursday it reached a settlement with the City of Escondido in a two-year-old exclusionary zoning suit impacting...
by Press | May 15, 2017 | Press Releases
Court Recognizes Claim Brought by African-American, Latino, and Asian-American Voters in Georgia’s Most Diverse County Washington, D.C., May 15, 2017 – A federal district court judge in Georgia agreed that a coalition of plaintiffs representing minority communities...
by Press | May 15, 2017 | Press Releases
Court’s Decision to Not Hear Appeal Leaves in Place 4th Circuit Ruling Finding the Comprehensive Voter Suppression Measure Discriminatory WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement regarding today’s...
by Press | May 12, 2017 | Press Releases
In the wake of recent events related to the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into Russia’s influence on the 2016 election, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Lawyers’...
by Press | May 12, 2017 | Press Releases
Lawyers’ Committee Responds to Policy Changes Enacted by Attorney General Jeff Sessions Extending Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Low-Level Drug Offenses WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’...
