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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Applauds International Association of Chiefs of Police For Adopting Resolution To Combat Hate Crimes
WASHINGTON, D.C – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on Tuesday hailed the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), an organization with 30,000 members, for adopting a major resolution recognizing the critical role law enforcement plays in...
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Arguments Over Discriminatory Motivation Behind Texas Voter ID Law and Appropriate Remedy
New Orleans, LA – Civil rights and voting rights groups will be arguing before a three-judge panel from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday in an ongoing effort to protect Texas voters from an unnecessary and illegal photo ID law. Both a previous panel and the...
National Racial Justice Organizations Seek Meeting With NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to Address Action on Police Shooting Crisis
Amid Protests, Organizations Express Full Support for NFL Players and Urge NFL to Undertake Comprehensive Action To Address Police Shooting Crisis Washington, D.C. – A broad coalition of national racial and social justice organizations, led by the Lawyers’ Committee...
Federal Judge In Arkansas Dismisses Case Brought By Private Probation Company
Civil Rights Advocates Applaud Decision, Call For An End To Privatization Of The Criminal Justice System And Termination Of Policies That Harm Racial Minorities WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on Wednesday applauded the dismissal...
Obligations Under the NVRA / PILF MEMO
Election Official NVRA Memo Final Loup County NVRA
Civil Rights Groups Launch National Effort to Combat Alarming Voter Purge Campaign
While Public Interest Legal Foundation Undertakes National Campaign to Institute Massive Purge Voter Programs, Civil Rights Groups Take Preemptive Action by Offering Guidance to Election Officials on Prohibitions within the National Voter Registration Act WASHINGTON,...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Statement Condemning the Trump Administration’s Action to End Deportation Protections for Displaced Haitians
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that it will end immigration protection in July...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Statement on Twitter’s Preliminary Action Against Hate Groups
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, Twitter announced a change in their verified user policy and pulled the verified status of a number of notorious white supremacists, such as Richard Spencer and Jason Kessler. “White supremacists and other hate groups have turned to...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Amicus Brief Showing How Discriminatory Mortgage Lending Harms Cities
Lost Property Tax Revenue and Increased Costs Are the Direct and Foreseeable Results of Racially Discriminatory Reverse Redlining WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Fair Housing Alliance, the Poverty and Race...
AMICUS BRIEF CITY OF OAKLAND, a municipal Corporation, Plaintiff, vs. WELLS FARGO & CO., and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
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Civil Rights Groups’ Lawsuit Brings Reform to Arkansas “Hot Check” Court
Settlement Ensures Poor People in Sherwood, Arkansas, Won’t Be Locked Up for Court Debt They Can’t Afford to Pay SHERWOOD, Ark. – Sherwood’s “hot check” court will no longer jail people who can’t afford to pay court fines and fees imposed for bouncing a check,...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to FBI’s Newly Released 2016 Uniform Crime Reporting Hate Crimes Data
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the FBI released its 2016 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) hate crimes data which shows a five percent increase in hate crimes data reported by law enforcement agencies over the last year, with the majority (59 percent) of hate crimes targeting...
Federal Judge Issues Injunction Against Maryland for Violating U.S. Constitution, Establishes Federal Oversight of Higher Education Academic Program Approval Process
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law & Partners Applaud Decision To Address Segregation In Maryland’s Higher Education System WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the landmark higher education desegregation case The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher...
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law Welcomes New Lawsuit By Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap Which Exposes Unlawfulness of the Commission
Response to New Lawsuit Filed by Commissioner Matthew Dunlap Against Trump’s Election Integrity Commission Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, Matthew Dunlap, Secretary of State of Maine and member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity filed suit...
One Of Trump’s Voter Fraud Commissioners Is Suing The Panel
Maine's Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has expressed frustration over the lack of information on the commission’s activities. Dunlap is suing President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission, of which he his a member.