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Statement from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on the Supreme Court Rejecting Trump’s Restrictions on Mail Voting
Tonight, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected the Trump Administration’s attempt to impose and enforce sweeping new mail-in ballot delivery restrictions that threatened to severely disrupt the midterm elections. The restrictions would have required states...
Lawyers’ Committee, NAACP, Black Voters Matter and Common Cause Secure Nationwide Injunction Blocking Trump’s USPS Mail Voting Rule
Federal court grants civil rights groups’ request for preliminary injunction, halting new restrictions that threatened mail voting for millions of Americans ahead of November elections. WASHINGTON – A federal judge today granted a nationwide preliminary injunction...
Federal Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Proof of Citizenship Check Laws, Risking Disenfranchisement of Thousands of Eligible Voters Ahead of November Midterm Elections
INDIANA — A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by four nonpartisan organizations – League of Women Voters of Indiana, Common Cause Indiana, Hoosier Asian American Power, and Exodus Refugee Immigration – seeking to halt enforcement of Indiana laws that...
Civil Rights Groups Sue to Block Trump USPS Rules Threatening Mail-In Votes for 48 Million Americans
WASHINGTON – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP, Common Cause, and Black Voters Matter filed new claims in federal court today in their lawsuit against the president’s executive order on mail-in voting. The new filing challenges a rule issued...
Lawyers’ Committee President Damon Hewitt Welcomes Ryan Haygood as President and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center
WASHINGTON— Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, today issued the following statement as Ryan P. Haygood begins his tenure as president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center: “Ryan Haygood is one of...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: 2025 FBI Data Show Progress on Hate Crimes — But Anti-Black Violence Still Leads Every Category
WASHINGTON — In response to the FBI's release of its 2025 hate crime statistics, Len Kamdang, Director of the Criminal Justice Project and the Byrd Center to Stop Hate at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: “For the third...
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: “Sixty-one years ago, our...
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 Rights...
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 statement from...
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...