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Senate Confirms Exceptional Voting Rights Attorney Myrna Pérez to U.S. Court of Appeals
(Washington, D.C.) — The U.S. Senate confirmed seasoned voting rights lawyer Myrna Pérez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday. Her confirmation is historic as Pérez becomes the only Latina now serving on that court and only the second to ever...
FTC Report Finds Internet Providers Profile Customers and Target Advertisements on the Basis of Race
(Washington, D.C.) — The Federal Trade Commission issued shocking findings on internet service providers’ privacy practices, including that companies profile their customers and target advertisements on the basis of race and other protected characteristics, on...
Texas Governor Abbott Picks Controversial Trump-Associated Secretary of State
(Washington, D.C.) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed attorney John Scott to fill the role of the Texas Secretary of State on Thursday, placing him in charge of overseeing election administration and publishing government rules and regulations, among other duties....
President Biden Signals Openness to Ending the Filibuster for Voting Rights Bill
(Washington, D.C.) — President Biden said on Thursday during a CNN town hall that he was open to ending the Senate filibuster to pass voting rights legislation and other parts of his agenda. The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, president and executive...
Lawyers’ Committee Files First Federal Lawsuit Challenging Oklahoma Classroom Censorship Bill
OKLAHOMA CITY — A multiracial group of students and educators filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging an Oklahoma classroom censorship bill, HB 1775, which severely restricts public school teachers and students from learning and talking about race and gender in the...
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, 84, Passes From COVID-19 Related Complications
(Washington, D.C.) - Retired four-star general Colin L. Powell, who served as the nation’s top soldier, diplomat and national security adviser, died on Monday from complications of COVID-19. Powell was 84 at the time of his passing. Powell was a "strong proponent" of...
Race-Conscious Admissions Policy at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is Upheld in Key Win for Affirmative Action
(Chapel Hill, N.C.) - The race-conscious admissions policy at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC) is legal and must be upheld, Judge Loretta C. Biggs from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled Monday. The following are...
Illinois Redistricting Plan Undermines the Rights of Black Voters in East St. Louis
CHICAGO — The Illinois legislature's S.B. 927 redistricting plan, creates unconstitutional racially gerrymandered districts for the Illinois House of Representatives, according to a federal lawsuit filed Friday by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,...
National Week of Action Supporting Black Migrants Highlights Anti-Blackness of U.S. Immigration System
(Washington, D.C.) - Black migrants are criminalized and disproportionately harmed by U.S. immigration policies including asylum, enforcement, detention and deportation. October 11, 2021 commences the National Week of Action in support of Black migrants excluded from...
Black Farmers Face Severe Economic Displacement if Critical USDA Debt Relief is Denied
(Washington, D.C.) — After decades of the longstanding racial discrimination in administration of the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) loan programs, Black farmers stand to lose their farms, land and livelihoods without an estimated $4 billion in debt...
Senate Introduces John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
(Washington, D.C.) - The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act was introduced in the Senate on Tuesday. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act will revive the preclearance provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 invalidated by the disastrous Shelby v....
Lawyers’ Committee Applauds the Nomination of Bedoya to FTC
(Washington, D.C.) — President Joe Biden nominated law professor Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission. Bedoya is the founder of Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology, which focuses on privacy and surveillance law and policy, especially the...
Democracy Fund Grant Will Support the Digital Justice Initiative
(Washington, D.C.) –The Democracy Fund recently announced it is awarding over $1 million in grants to support the work of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law’s Digital Justice Initiative (DJI), a project that focuses on the intersection of racial...
Dale Ho’s Nomination to the Federal Bench is History-Making
(Washington, D.C.) — President Joe Biden announced fourteen new judicial nominees, outstanding for their distinguished and diverse backgrounds on Thursday. Including a wide range of “firsts” for federal judicial representation, the nominations speak to President...
REASON Project Expands Its Racial Equity in Higher Education Work to Address Challenges in Ohio
(COLUMBUS) – To increase access, retention, and graduation rates for students of color at flagship universities in the Great Lakes region, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, with support from the Joyce Foundation, launched the REASON Project in Ohio...