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WASHINGTON — Late Wednesday, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and partner organizations filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais in support of fair representation for Black voters in...

To recognize the 20-year mark of Hurricane Katrina, Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement:  “It has been 20 years since this catastrophic hurricane forever changed New...

The lawsuit alleges that maps recently passed by the Texas legislature are illegal and intentionally discriminate against majority minority districts to dilute their political power. WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Texas NAACP, represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for...

Robert Weiner, the voting rights project director at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which represents the Texas NAACP in the ongoing lawsuit against Texas for racial gerrymandering, issued the following statement regarding the new...

Federal Judge Rejects Broad Bid to Toss VACIR Voting Rights Case Plaintiffs’ core claims proceed and the case moves to discovery. Alexandria, VA— In a major win for voting rights and the rule of law, Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles of the U.S. District Court...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump’s unprecedented move to seize control of the Metropolitan Police Department is an alarming abuse of power—and a dangerous step toward militarized policing of Black communities across America. Crime in Washington,...

RICHMOND, VA – The NAACP Virginia State Conference (Virginia NAACP) received a favorable ruling in Virginia State Conference NAACP, et. al., v. Governor Glenn A. Youngkin, et. al., its ongoing Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA) lawsuit to obtain public...

To mark the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: “Sixty years ago today, the Voting Rights Act of 1965...

In response to the DOJ’s one-day sentencing recommendation for one of the ex-police officers convicted in the killing of Breonna Taylor, Len Kamdang, Director of the Criminal Justice Project at the Lawyers’ Committee issued the following statement: ...

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. House passed the budget reconciliation bill following narrow passage in the Senate. In response, Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following...

WASHINGTON— Today, Vice President J.D. Vance cast a tiebreaking vote with a 50-50 split of Senators who voted to pass the budget reconciliation bill. The following is a statement from Demelza Baer, director of the Public Policy Project at the Lawyers’...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today in FCC v. Consumers' Research, and Schools and Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition v. Consumers' Research. The following statement was issued by Gillian Cassell-Stiga, senior counsel of the Digital Justice...

Washington—On Friday the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, limited universal injunctions issued by federal courts. The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: “Even though...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement in honor of Juneteenth. “In a time where our civil rights and our communities are under vicious assault,...

The court also left in place a preliminary injunction preventing K-12 schools from implementing confusing bans on teaching related to race and gender OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled today that the state’s 2021 classroom censorship law does not apply...