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...
by Press | Oct 25, 2022 | Press Releases
The organization, joined by UNC and Harvard alumni, emphasized the necessity of race-conscious admissions for the betterment of all students, professionals, and democracy at large. WASHINGTON–On October 31, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law...
by Press | Oct 24, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund applaud the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement that it has provided nearly $800 million...