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Letters Issued by Kris Kobach to Secretaries of State Seek Disclosure of Identifying Information on All Voters Across Country WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following...

At Hate Crimes Summit, Lawyers’ Committee Presses Administration To Address Root Causes Of Hate The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law responded on Thursday to a new report detailing the lack of accurate data on hate crimes incidents.  The under-reporting...

Amid Dispatch of Pence-Kobach Commission, Lawyers’ Committee Hotline Activated To Serve As Resource for Voters to Report Complaints Regarding Commission or Any Resulting Voter Suppression Washington, D.C. – While partisan attempts to substantiate unfounded claims of...

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 against Texas death row inmate Erick Davila who argued that his lawyers did not adequately challenge a faulty jury instruction both at his trial and on appeal.  Kristen Clarke, president and executive director...

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement regarding today’s Supreme Court decision in Henson v Santander Consumer USA Inc. finding "debt buyers" not subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:...

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law & Partners Present Closing Arguments in Remedial Trial Baltimore, MD – Today, over ten years after the initial complaint was filed, a federal district court in Maryland heard closing arguments in The Coalition for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 25, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday overwhelmingly upheld an injunction blocking President Trump’s unlawful executive order targeting immigrants and travelers from six majority-Muslim nations. “Once...

Settlement Helps Combat Discrimination Faced by Vulnerable Refugee Children  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced Thursday it reached a settlement with the City of Escondido in a two-year-old exclusionary zoning suit impacting...

Court Recognizes Claim Brought by African-American, Latino, and Asian-American Voters in Georgia’s Most Diverse County Washington, D.C., May 15, 2017 – A federal district court judge in Georgia agreed that a coalition of plaintiffs representing minority communities...

Court's Decision to Not Hear Appeal Leaves in Place 4th Circuit Ruling Finding the Comprehensive Voter Suppression Measure Discriminatory WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement regarding today’s Supreme...

In the wake of recent events related to the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into Russia’s influence on the 2016 election, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Lawyers' Committee for...

Lawyers' Committee Responds to Policy Changes Enacted by Attorney General Jeff Sessions Extending Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Low-Level Drug Offenses   WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement Thursday in response to alarming reports that President Trump will launch a commission to review his unfounded...