by Press | Nov 14, 2022 | Press Releases
The Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act would be the most advanced civil rights law in the country in protecting people from automated discrimination. WASHINGTON– The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law endorses...
by Press | Nov 8, 2022 | Press Releases
Black voters in Beaumont were intimidated by white poll workers, who asked them to loudly recite their address after already being checked in. BEAUMONT, TX– The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed emergency voting rights litigation on...
by Press | Nov 8, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, Election Protection coalition leaders outlined trends and reports of issues voters are experiencing around the country as they cast their ballots at the polls on the last day of the midterm elections. Calls to the 866-OUR-VOTE...
by Press | Nov 4, 2022 | Press Releases
RALEIGH– Today, the North Carolina Supreme Court ordered the state to provide sufficient funding for schools to satisfy the constitutional mandate to provide all children with a sound education–a critical victory for the plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenors in Leandro...
by Press | Oct 31, 2022 | Press Releases
The organization urged the Supreme Court to uphold the consideration of race as one, inseparable factor of college applications–to the benefit of all students and society at large. WASHINGTON–Today, David Hinojosa, Director of the Educational Opportunities...
by Press | Oct 27, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON—The widely discredited independent state legislature theory, if adopted, would render state courts largely powerless to stop voting barriers that violate state constitutions, threatening to reverse the gains of the Civil Rights Movement, according to an...