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Lawyers’ Committee Applauds Passage of Electoral Count Reform Act, Demands Further Protection of Voting Rights
WASHINGTON – Today, Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement applauding the passage of the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement...
Civil Rights Advocates File Federal Lawsuit Over Mississippi’s Racially Gerrymandered Maps
JACKSON, Miss. — Civil rights advocates today challenged Mississippi’s 2022 state legislative district maps for unlawfully diluting the voting strength of Black Mississippians. Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Issues Statement on U.S House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack’s Criminal Referrals
WASHINGTON – President and Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Damon Hewitt, issued the statement below following the Select Committee on the January 6 Attack’s decision to recommend criminal charges against individuals...
Lawyers’ Committee Applauds President Biden for Signing Respect for Marriage Act Into Law
WASHINGTON –Today,Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released this statement endorsing the Respect for Marriage Act: “The Respect for Marriage Act will protect the rights of...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to FBI’s Annual Hate Crime Report
WASHINGTON–Today, the FBI released its annual report on reported hate crimes for 2021. In response, Damon Hewitt, President of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement: “As advocates working with Black survivors and...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Celebrates Brittney Griner’s Return Home
Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,issued the following statement in response to the release of Brittney Griner from Russian detention: “We are relieved and elated to learn that after nine...
Supreme Court Must Protect Civil Rights Online with Balanced Approach to Immunity for Tech Companies, Civil Rights Organizations Argue
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court must protect civil rights on the internet, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law argued in an amicus brief filed today in Gonzalez v. Google. Joined by five other civil rights organizations, the Lawyers’...
Court Must Intervene to Compel Cochise County, Arizona, Board of Supervisors to Certify Lawful Election Results
Amicus briefs from voting and civic engagement organizations argue Board’s failure to timely canvass and certify the county’s election results threatens to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters (COCHISE, ARIZ.) -The Board of Supervisors in...
Lawyers’ Committee Supports Nomination of Julie Rikelman to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
WASHINGTON, DC– The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law stands in strong support of the nomination of Julie Rikelman to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Ms. Rikelman has continually demonstrated a commitment to equal justice under...
Racial Justice Advocates and Affordable Housing Providers File Suit Challenging Discriminatory Zoning in Georgetown County
GEORGETOWN, SC – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center, the NAACP, and the law firm of Venable LLPtoday sued the Georgetown, SC County Council for...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Endorses the Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act
The Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act would be the most advanced civil rights law in the country in protecting people from automated discrimination. WASHINGTON– The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law endorses...
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law Gets Relief for Black Voters Facing Voter Intimidation in Texas
Black voters in Beaumont were intimidated by white poll workers, who asked them to loudly recite their address after already being checked in. BEAUMONT, TX– The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed emergency voting rights litigation on...
Election Protection Coalition Leaders Marked Election Day 2022, Outlined Voters’ Access and Reported Intimidation
WASHINGTON - Today, Election Protection coalition leaders outlined trends and reports of issues voters are experiencing around the country as they cast their ballots at the polls on the last day of the midterm elections. Calls to the 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)...
North Carolina Supreme Court Issues Emphatic Ruling, Demanding that the State of North Carolina Provide a Right to a Quality Education In Leandro v. North Carolina
RALEIGH– Today, the North Carolina Supreme Court ordered the state to provide sufficient funding for schools to satisfy the constitutional mandate to provide all children with a sound education–a critical victory for the plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenors in Leandro...
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law Defends Affirmative Action At Supreme Court, Students Rally In Support
The organization urged the Supreme Court to uphold the consideration of race as one, inseparable factor of college applications–to the benefit of all students and society at large. WASHINGTON–Today, David Hinojosa, Director of the Educational Opportunities...