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Lawyers’ Committee Decries Supreme Court’s Weakening of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana Redistricting Case and Vows to Use Available Tools to Fight Voting Discrimination
WASHINGTON — The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law decried the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais to severely weaken Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The case involves a challenge to a redistricted election map in...
Supreme Court Again Reverses Lower Court Injunction Against Texas’ Racially Discriminatory Redistricting Plan
In December, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a preliminary injunction that would have barred Texas from using its new Congressional voting maps in the 2026 election. Now, the Court has reversed the injunction, brushing aside massive evidence that the plan intentionally...
Statement from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initiated proceedings that led to an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on federal fraud charges on Tuesday, accusing the organization of supporting white supremacy. SPLC has an over 50-year...
Lawyers’ Committee Condemns DOJ Effort to Erase January 6 Accountability
In response to the Justice Department’s effort to vacate the convictions of several former members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers extremist groups convicted of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The following is a...
Lawsuit Filed Against Trump’s Mail-In Voting Executive Order by Lawyers’ Committee, NAACP and Common Cause
WASHINGTON – The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP, Common Cause, and Black Voters Matter Fund filed a lawsuit against President Trump challenging his new executive order on mail-in voting. Shaylyn Cochran, deputy executive director...
Judge Orders Individuals Associated with Patriot Front to Pay Punitive Damages in Civil Rights Case for Destroying Mural of Arthur Ashe in Richmond
RICHMOND – A federal court ordered Patriot Front, its leader–Thomas Rousseau–and Patriot Front members William Ring and Jacob Brown to pay more than $470,000 in a high-profile case filed after members of Patriot Front vandalized and destroyed a mural...