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Federal lawsuit targets ‘gerrymandered’ Georgia House districts
A Washington-based advocacy group asked a federal judge Wednesday to toss out a 2015 map that
was designed to protect two vulnerable lawmakers, contending in a motion that records show
minority voters were moved out of the districts to protect incumbents.
Civil Rights Lawyers Claim ‘Extreme Racial Gerrymandering’
Civil rights lawyers have asked a federal judge to block what they call “extreme racial gerrymandering” by the Georgia House of Representatives in an attempt to hold on to a Republican majority in the 2018 elections.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Motion Seeking Relief in the 2018 Midterm Election Cycle For Georgia Voters Impacted By Unlawful Gerrymandering
On Heels of Gerrymandering Battle in Pennsylvania, Latest Federal Suit Focuses on Extreme Racial Gerrymandering of Georgia State House Plan WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction in its lawsuit...
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Agrees To Uphold Rule Ensuring Access To Housing In High Opportunity Areas Following Successful Lawsuit By Coalition of National Civil Rights Organizations
Judgment Entered For Plaintiffs in Open Communities Alliance v. Carson Ensures Greater Housing Opportunities For Low-Income Families WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently agreed to abandon its attempt to delay a federal...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to Indictments Brought By Special Prosecutor Highlighting Efforts To Deceive And Intimidate African-American And Minority Voters
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller issued an indictment alleging that Russian operatives conspired to defraud the United States by impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful functions of government for the purpose of interfering with...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to Reports of Florida Shooter’s Ties to White Nationalist Group
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement Thursday responding to reports that Parkland, Florida shooter Nikolas Cruz was affiliated with a white nationalist...
Postawko v. Missouri Department of Corrections
Harassment guidance for employers awaits approval from White House
“We call on the Administration to promptly finalize and release a meaningful and robust Guidance to help eradicate workplace harassment,” Dariely Rodriguez, director of the Economic Opportunities Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said in a statement.
Trump’s 87 picks to be federal judges are 92% white with just one black and one Hispanic nominee
Among Trump’s first 87 judicial nominees, only one is African American and one is Hispanic. Five are Asian Americans. Eighty are white.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Takes Action Following Trump Administration’s Decision To Eliminate DOJ’s Critical “Peacemaker” Office Created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964
National Civil Rights Organization Responds to Cut Included in President Trump’s Budget with FOIA Request To DOJ and Other Agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. – One day after President Trump effectively called for the end of the Community Relations Service (CRS) office within...
President’s Budget Would Eliminate Important “Peacemaker” Agency Created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964
With the alarming rise in hate incidents and hate crimes nationwide, and the surge in violent tensions sparked by white supremacists and other bigots across the country, the work of Community Relations Service is more critical than ever.
New York City Mayor Plans To Spend $500,000 To Thwart Election Hackers
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to Withdrawal of U.S. Census Bureau Nominee Dr. Thomas Brunell
Brunell “was woefully unqualified for this most important role” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement Monday responding to reports that Dr. Thomas...
Trial Opens in Major Federal Voting Rights Lawsuit in Texas
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Filed Lawsuit to Challenge Discriminatory Method of Electing Texas’s High Court Judges CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas and WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, a federal district court will hear arguments in the trial phase of a major...
Maryland Offers $100 Million to Settle State’s HBCU Case
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, one of several legal partners representing the Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education, said the financial offer is a step forward but it “does not respond to the detailed remedial plan” at the heart of the order issued by Judge Blake in November.