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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Issues Statement on Passing of Rev. Joseph E. Lowery
Rev. Lowery Revered as the “Dean of the Civil Rights Movement” WASHINGTON, DC (March 29, 2020) – The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is deeply saddened by the passing of Rev. Joseph E. Lowery. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of...
Coronavirus cripples voter registration efforts. Millions could be denied.
(NBC News) Presidential elections are typically prime time for bringing new people into the political process, but the coronavirus pandemic is making voter registration more difficult than ever, prompting concerns that many young Americans and other nonvoters might...
CARES Act Must Prioritize Nation’s Most Vulnerable Communities
WASHINGTON, DC (March 27, 2020) In response to consideration of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) by the U.S. House of Representatives today, following Senate passage, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the...
Coronavirus ‘worst-case scenario’: Could the presidential vote be done by mail?
Coronavirus ‘worst-case scenario’: Could the presidential vote be done by mail?
(NBC News) If the coronavirus pandemic continues to make in-person voting virtually impossible by November, conducting the 2020 presidential election largely by mail isn't out of the question.
National Task Force on Election Crises Releases COVID-19 Election Guide
On March 26, 2020 the nonpartisan National Task Force on Election Crises released the COVID-19 Election Guide to help state and local policy makers and election officials maximize the opportunity for all eligible voters to cast their votes without undue risk to their...
5 Ways To Protect Our Election During The Coronavirus Pandemic, According To A New Bipartisan Election Emergency Task Force
UNC’s $2.5 million Confederate payout won’t be fully repaid despite backdoor deal reversal
Maryland HBCUs awarded half a billion in racial discrimination compensation
(The Guardian) Maryland has voted in favor of awarding four state universities more than half a billion dollars in compensation for years of institutional racial discrimination, signaling the end of a long legal battle. In a victory resulting from a lawsuit...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Seeks Answers to Serious Questions Regarding the Treatment of Black Students with Disabilities in Delaware
WASHINGTON, DC (March 24, 2020) – The national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) has submitted a letter to Delaware Secretary of Education Dr. Susan Bunting, asking her to investigate school practices that may include the unfair...
As Coronavirus Delays Primary Season, States Weigh Expanding Absentee Voting
“Moving the country in a direction toward one hundred percent vote-by-mail at this stage I think is dangerous,” said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, an advocacy group. Clarke worries that some people — especially voters of color — could be left out with a rapid expansion.
Voting Rights Groups File Amicus Brief in Ex Rel Ohio Democratic Party v LaRose
COLUMBUS, Ohio (March 24, 2020) – Today the ACLU of Ohio, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Dēmos filed an amicus brief on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Ohio and the Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute in the case Ex...
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs bill abolishing death penalty
Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, applauded Polis for commuting the sentences of the three death row inmates.
“The use of the death penalty in Colorado and across the country has been a failed experiment infected with serious legal errors and racial bias that run contrary to principles of fairness and justice,” she said.
