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Lawyers’ Committee, NAACP, LDF, and Memphis Urban League Expand Challenge to Tennessee Congressional Map
Amended complaint adds plaintiffs and new evidence as civil rights groups seek preliminary injunction against racially discriminatory redistricting plan WASHINGTON — Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Association for the...
Statement from Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on Court Order Permitting Discovery to Continue in Smith v. Trump
This court rejected efforts to freeze the case and allowed discovery to move forward on the January 6 insurrection. WASHINGTON — The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued a statement following a ruling in Smith v. Trump that rejected...
New Lawsuit Demands EEOC Records on the Agency’s Solicitation of White Men’s Discrimination Complaints
The Lawyers’ Committee and NAACP filed the lawsuit after the EEOC failed to respond to the original FOIA request by the April deadline WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the NAACP, represented by Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law and Lawyers for Good Government,...
After Federal Court Ruling, Civil Rights Groups Plan to Continue Challenging Mail-In Voting Executive Order
The judge decided that the implementation of the executive order has not proceeded far enough at this time to warrant a preliminary injunction. However, the ruling leaves open the possibility of a preliminary injunction when the administration takes further actions...
Election Protection Coalition Launches 2026 Campaign Amid Historic Civil Rights Reversal
Lawyers’ Committee, NAACP, Common Cause, State Voices, NALEO; AL, GA, PA, and LA state partners unveil plans to protect voters of color’s access to the ballot Washington, D.C. – Today, ahead of Tuesday primaries in Alabama, Georgia, and Pennsylvania...
Supreme Court Sends Two Voting Discrimination Cases Back to Lower Courts
The U.S. Supreme Court today announced that it has vacated and remanded voting discrimination cases from Mississippi and North Dakota to be considered in light of the horrendous Callais decision. In both cases, the Supreme Court was asked to examine the...
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...
Statement from Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on Decision Ruling Trump Can be Held Accountable for January 6 Insurrection
WASHINGTON — Today, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Damon Hewitt issued the following statement in response to the Smith v. Trump ruling. The court found that President Donald Trump is not immune from civil...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Denounces Trump Executive Order Threatening Voting Rights
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law decried President Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting. Damon Hewitt, president and executive director, issued this statement: “Tonight, President Trump issued yet another unlawful...
Lawyers’ Committee Congratulates Kristen Clarke on her Appointment as General Counsel of the NAACP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Kristen Clarke was appointed as general counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Clarke, a trailblazing civil rights lawyer and champion for justice, previously served as president and...