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Lawyers’ Committee Statement on Birthright Citizenship Ruling from Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Trump’s order denying birthright citizenship to children born on U.S. soil, affirming that the Fourteenth Amendment means what it has always meant. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,...
Statements from the Lawyers’ Committee and League of Women Voters on SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Ruling
WASHINGTON, DC –Today, in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Barbara to block President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, Damon T. Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for...
Supreme Court Rules States Can Count Ballots Mailed by Election Day
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right for states to decide whether to count ballots postmarked before or on Election Day but received after Election Day. Robert Weiner, the Voting Rights Project director of the Lawyers’ Committee for...
Federal Court Delivers Major Victory for Anti-Trafficking Organizations Nationwide Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Washington — Today, three anti-trafficking organizations, represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law and Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, secured a stay against the Department of Justice (DOJ), temporarily...
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law Marks Founders Day with Conversation On Democracy And Civil Rights
The conversation featured President and Executive Director Damon Hewitt and Rep. Jamie Raskin. MS NOW political analyst and The 19th’s Editor in Chief Errin Haines served as moderator. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law...
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...