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Judge Finds Louisiana’s Debtors’ Prison Scheme Violates Core Constitutional Rights of New Orleans’ Poorest Citizens
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal district judge on Wednesday ruled that a debtors’ prison scheme run by the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court (OPCDC) that fails to consider an indigent individual’s ability to pay court debts before jailing them violates core...
Judge Finalizes Voter Purge Settlement
A settlement stemming from the New York City Board of Elections’ illegal voter purge is now official. A federal judge signed the consent decree Wednesday, which starts the clock ticking for the Board to complete a series of remedial steps. The board must review all the names of voters purged since July 1, 2013 and restore any voter who was removed in violation of state or federal election law. It also has to create a comprehensive remedial plan within 90 days that addresses the specific violations of the Election Law. If all parties don’t agree to the board’s plan, it could go back to court.
“This sort of consent decree could very well serve as a model for other jurisdictions that present the same problems as New York City did,” said Ezra Rosenberg, with the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under law.
National Civil Rights Leaders Urge Congress to Appoint an African American Senator to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Washington, D.C. – A broad coalition of civil rights and racial justice organizations, led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, on Wednesday sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader, Charles Schumer (D-NY), urging Senate leadership to appoint an...
National Election Protection Hotline Receives Calls from Alabama Voters Reporting Voter Intimidation and Mass Voter Confusion Tactics at the Polls Statewide
Hotline Led by Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Fielded Calls from Voters during Pivotal Alabama Senate Race WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Alabama voters went to the polls for a pivotal special election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by AG Jeff Sessions. ...
Letter on the nomination of Kenneth Marcus to the Department of Education
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.,
City of Oakland Amicus Brief.11.13