Joint Statement of Black Women Leaders on Senator Mitch Mcconnell’s Attempts to Silence Words of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

by Press | Feb 9, 2017 | Press Releases

The undersigned are prominent African-American women leaders and we write to express our outrage at the actions taken last night by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Republican majority on the Senate floor. Last night, on the floor of the Senate, Senator...

Statement of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Response to Confirmation of Jeff Sessions to Serve as Attorney General of the United States

by Press | Feb 8, 2017 | Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement: “We are disappointed that the Senate chose to turn a blind eye to Jeff Sessions’ long record of...

Class-Action Lawsuit: Louisiana’s Public Defender System Systematically Denies Poor People the Right to an Adequate Defense

by Press | Feb 6, 2017 | Press Releases

BATON ROUGE, La. and WASHINGTON, D.C. – A class-action lawsuit was filed today against Louisiana officials who oversee the state’s indigent defense services, alleging officials are denying poor people their constitutional right to counsel by failing to establish an...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Issues Response to President’s Nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to United States Supreme Court

by Press | Jan 31, 2017 | Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat on the Supreme Court of the United States. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...

Civil Rights Groups Applaud the New York Attorney General’s Intervention in Lawsuit Against New York City Board of Elections

by Press | Jan 27, 2017 | Press Releases

Federal Lawsuit Claims New York City Board of Elections Actions Violate National Voter Registration Act The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), together with Common Cause/New York, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the law firm of Dechert LLP,...

Supreme Court News: Texas’s Strict Photo ID Law Still Blocked; High Court Declines to Hear Case, Letting Appeals Court Decision Striking Down Discriminatory ID Law to Still Stand

by Press | Jan 23, 2017 | Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court announced today it will not hear arguments at this time over Texas’s strict photo ID law, which the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down as racially discriminatory last summer. Approximately 600,000 registered...