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Trump Refusal to Disavow White Supremacy Presents Threat to Black Lives
(Washington, D.C.) - President Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacy during last night’s first televised presidential debate in Ohio. Moreover, he told the followers of extremist groups Proud Boys that they should “stand back and stand by.” Kristen Clarke,...
America Cannot Afford a Reshaped Supreme Court During an Ongoing Election
(Washington, D.C.) - President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett today to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the United States Supreme Court. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
More Than 1,500 Attorneys Sign Letter Urging Senate to Postpone Supreme Court Nomination
(Washington, D.C.) - One-thousand-five-hundred members of the private bar have signed-on to a letter sent to the United States Senate today, urging them to postpone confirmation of a new Supreme Court Justice until...
Judge Rules Census Must Not be Rushed; Victory for Civil Rights Groups, Civic Organizations and Local Governments
(SAN JOSE, Calif.) – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California last night issued an order blocking the Trump administration’s attempts to rush the 2020 Census to a close while a legal challenge to that plan plays out in the courts. The court’s...
No One is Responsible for Breonna Taylor’s Death While She Was Sleeping?
(Washington, D.C) — A Kentucky grand jury announced on Wednesday that former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison is the only officer who will be charged in connection with Breonna Taylor’s home invasion and death. Hankison will be charged with first-degree...
Civil Rights Leaders Issue Statement on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy and the Supreme Court’s Critical Role in Protecting Civil Rights
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, as the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in repose at the nation’s highest court, leading national racial justice organizational leaders issued a joint statement on her legacy and the critical role of the Supreme Court...
Voter Roll Purge in Fulton County is Illegal, Must be Immediately Dismissed
(ATLANTA) - The Georgia NAACP and the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda are moving to stop 14,000 voters from being purged from the rolls before November’s general election, after a lawsuit was filed by two Fulton County voters which seeks to force the Fulton...
Federal Court Protects Indiana Voters’ Ability to Extend Polling-Place Hours in November
(INDIANAPOLIS) - A federal court yesterday granted voters' request in a case, Common Cause Indiana v. Lawson, to block an Indiana state law that strips voters of their right to petition state courts to extend polling-place hours. “The federal court’s...
Lawsuit Filed in Arkansas to Prevent Disenfranchisement of Absentee Voters
(Fayetteville, Ark.) - Arkansas’ requirements for acceptable absentee ballots are unconstitutional, and must immediately be corrected before the November election, a lawsuit filed today against Secretary of State John Thurston and several members of the State Board of...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was a Pioneer and Champion for Civil and Human Rights for All Americans
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the nation’s highest court and a fierce advocate for civil rights during her storied career as an attorney, law professor and justice, died of pancreatic cancer at the age...
Voting Rights Advocates Sue to Protect the Right to Vote of Missourians in the November 2020 Election
(ST. LOUIS) – Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Missouri’s 116 local election authorities’ actions placing restrictions on Missourians’ right to vote through the state’s absentee and mail voting systems are unlawful, a lawsuit filed today by...
Statement of Civil and Voting Rights Advocates in Response to Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruling
(Harrisburg, Penn.) - The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled today that state law allows county bureaus of elections to set up drop boxes and satellite offices to accept mail and absentee ballots, a clear victory for voters. ...
Preliminary Injunction Filed in Mississippi to Immediately Expand Vote-by-Mail Eligibility and Make It Fairer
(Jackson, Miss.) - Mississippi’s eligibility requirements to vote by absentee ballot are unconstitutional and must immediately be waived for the duration of the pandemic, a preliminary injunction motion filed today in a case against...
U.S. Court of Appeals Hears Arguments in SFFA v. Harvard Case
(Cambridge, Mass.) - The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Massachusetts heard arguments from civil rights groups today in SFFA v. Harvard, regarding Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy. The groups argued that the policy must be upheld to...
If Harvard’s Race-Conscious Admissions Policy Isn’t Upheld, Groups May be Headed to U.S. Supreme Court
Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy rightly acknowledges race-based barriers continue to pervade our society and affirmative action must be upheld to ensure selective colleges do not overlook remarkable, well-rounded underrepresented students of color the...