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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns Latest Justice Department Action to Obstruct Work of Civil Rights Division
Latest Action Seeks to Divert Resources to Address So-Called 'Intentional Race-Based Discrimination' At Colleges and Universities Washington, D.C. — Today, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released...
Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions
Kristen Clarke, the president of the liberal Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, criticized the affirmative action project as “misaligned with the division’s longstanding priorities.” She noted that the civil rights division was “created and launched to...
Lawyers’ Committee Statement on The Election Integrity Commission’s Renewed Push for Personal Voter Data
Washington, D.C. — Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement after Kris Kobach's, vice-chair of the Election Integrity Commission, renewed effort to obtain personal voter...
Immigrant Driver’s Licenses
By failing to maintain policies that ensure their ability to communicate with crime victims, drivers or suspects regardless of language, many police departments fall into the disturbing practice of relying on Border Patrol agents to serve as interpreters and...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Comments On the Election Integrity Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement Wednesday at the conclusion of the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, a...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Continues Fighting For Transparent Proceedings Of Kobach Commission
Kristen Clarke Responds to Federal Judge Decision in Suit Against Election Integrity Commission WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement Tuesday regarding...
When Is A Meeting ‘Open’ To The Public?
The Commission's first meeting was held by telephone and wasn't open to the public. Wednesday's meeting will be streamed over the Internet. But that doesn't count as "public," either, according to Ezra Rosenberg, co-director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights...
Mic.com: Watchdogs say Trump’s new voter fraud panel pick rounds out “four horsemen” of suppression
Watchdogs suing the federal government over President Donald Trump’s self-described “voter fraud panel” say he went over the edge this week with a new addition to the group. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the American Civil Liberties Union on...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Lawsuit To Halt Commission Hearing for Failure to Comply With Federal Law
Lawsuit Also Demands Release of Information About the Commission Under Key Government Transparency Law WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Presidential Advisory Commission on...
Trump voting panel tells states to hold off sending data while court weighs privacy impact
Also Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed separate lawsuits asking the same judge, Kollar-Kotelly, a 1997 Clinton appointee, to find the voting panel in violation of government transparency laws. The...
3 Lawsuits Filed Against White House Panel on Voter Fraud
“This is a shoddy commission, and the stakes are high,” said Kristen Clarke, the president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a voter advocacy group. “They seek data on more than 200 million registered voters across the country. At the least,...
Kobach faces complaint over Trump’s election commission
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law called for an investigation into whether Kobach violated the Hatch Act, a 1939 law intended to keep federal employees from directly supporting candidates, accusing him of using his role on the presidential commission...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to Latest White House Statement Regarding Election Integrity Commission
Leading Civil Rights Organization Also Reiterates Its Call To Statewide Election Officials To Boycott Partisan Election Commission WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the...
Exemplar – Secretary of State Letters Against Election Integrity Commission
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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Kris Kobach
Complaint Flags Likely Hatch Violations Connected to Kobach's Role on the "Election Integrity Commission" Washington, D.C. - Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a formal Hatch Act Complaint against Kris Kobach, who appears to have violated...