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Lawyers’ Committee Marks Voting Rights Anniversary With A Call to Protect Black Voters’ Access to the Ballot Box
To mark the 61st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the convener of the Election Protection Coalition, issued the following statement: ...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, National Bar Association, and National Urban League Announce Strategic Partnership to Protect Voters During the 2026 Midterm Elections
Legacy Civil Rights and Advocacy Organizations Unite To Expand Election Protection Efforts, Recruit Legal Volunteers, And Safeguard Ballot Access For Black Voters And Other Communities of Color NASHVILLE, TN (July 31, 2026) The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil...
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Reject Todd Blanche’s Nomination for United States Attorney General
WASHINGTON DC — Ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote on whether to advance President Donald Trump's U.S. Attorney General nominee, Todd Blanche, to the full Senate, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law released the following...
Federal Court Permits Litigation Seeking Reinstatement of the Billion-Dollar Digital Equity Grant Program but Without Racial Equity Language
Lawyers' Committee and NDIA vow to press the case forward and close a digital divide that disproportionately harms Black and Brown communities Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that a lawsuit can move forward challenging the Trump...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to President Trump’s Address on Election Integrity
Following President Trump’s speech tonight, Shaylyn Cochran, deputy executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement: “Tonight's speech was not an update, but yet another rehashing of President Trump’s personal...
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 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...