by Press | Dec 19, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On December 19, the D.C. District Court heard arguments in Lee, et al. v. Trump, et al., which has consolidated remaining January 6-related cases against President Trump. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law represents a...
by Press | Dec 19, 2025 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Education (ED) recently disclosed that more than 14,000 former Westwood College students are still awaiting student loan discharges, which were promised in August 2022. ED does not have a definitive answer as to when...
by Press | Dec 12, 2025 | Press Releases
A coalition of leading civil rights organizations issued the following statement in response to Executive Order 14179, which attempts to undermine the ability of state and local governments to protect their residents from harms caused by artificial intelligence. The...
by Press | Dec 4, 2025 | Press Releases
Contact: press@lawyerscommittee.org WASHINGTON, D.C. -The U.S. Supreme Court granted the State of Texas’s request to stay a federal court ruling in a case brought by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Texas NAACP, and other groups...
by Press | Dec 2, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Today, in partnership with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA)and Representatives Yvette Clarke, Summer Lee, Ayanna Pressley, and Pramila Jayapal introduced the AI Civil Rights Act to establish a regulatory system...
by Press | Nov 21, 2025 | Press Releases
Contact: press@lawyerscommittee.org The State of Texas filed a request for the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a stay that would pause an important federal court ruling that blocked the state’s racially gerrymandered congressional map from going into effect. The lower...
