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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs bill abolishing death penalty
Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, applauded Polis for commuting the sentences of the three death row inmates.
“The use of the death penalty in Colorado and across the country has been a failed experiment infected with serious legal errors and racial bias that run contrary to principles of fairness and justice,” she said.
Back at Work but Not on the Bench, Supreme Court Issues 3 Major Opinions
Supreme Court raises bar for racial discrimination claims in contracts
U.S. Supreme Court Rolls Back Historic Civil Rights Protections In Comcast Ruling
The Court’s Decision Weakens 19th-Century Civil Rights Law, Imposing a Burdensome Pleading Standard on Victims of Discrimination WASHINGTON – Today the United States Supreme Court instructed a lower court to reconsider its ruling in a discrimination case involving...
The Supreme Court sides with Comcast in Byron Allen’s racial discrimination case
Supreme Court affirms strict standard to prove race discrimination in contracting
U.S. Supreme Court hinders comedian-businessman’s race-bias suit against Comcast
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court’s ruling that had given the green light to comedian-turned-media entrepreneur Byron Allen’s $20 billion racial bias lawsuit against Comcast Corp that accused the cable television operator of...
Family Announcement Regarding the Passing of Mrs. Airickca Gordon Taylor, Cousin of Emmett Till
(Chicago, IL) – “It is with deep sadness that the Emmett Till Family and The Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation announce the sudden passing of Executive Director, Mrs. Airickca Gordon Taylor. Airickca, 50, cousin to Emmett Louis Till, has been a...
Congressional Black Caucus Holds Coronavirus Town Hall Addressing COVID-19’s Impact On Black Americans
(LA Sentinel) Leaders in the Black community are pivoting to digital and sustaining their position on the frontlines during this global pandemic. Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) hosted countless a tele-townhall meeting on Friday, March 20th, to discuss the impact of...
Missouri Must Extend Voter Registration Deadline to Correspond with Rescheduled June 2, 2020 Municipal Elections
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jefferson City, MO (March 20, 2020) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Missouri Voter Protection Coalition, Dēmos, and ACLU of Missouri issued a letter demanding that Missouri Governor Michael Parson and Secretary...
As coronavirus creates ‘unprecedented obstacles’ to voting, Kentucky GOP takes step to add another: voter ID
Letter to Congress on Protecting Student Loan Borrowers
Washington, DC (March 20, 2020) : The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law joined a sign-on letter to Congress urging equitable protections and relief for student loan borrowers in Covid-19-related stimulus packages to ensure borrowers from marginalized...
Ohio Voting Rights Groups Demand Voter Registration Deadline Be Extended
COLUMBUS, OH (March 19, 2020) – Today, League of Women Voters of Ohio, A. Philip Randolph Institute Ohio, ACLU of Ohio, Lawyers' Committee on Civil Rights, and Demos sent a letter to Ohio Secretary State Frank LaRose demanding that changes to the Primary Election...
South Florida has one last day to vote early in the Florida presidential primaries
BY DAVID SMILEY MARCH 14, 2020 06:55 PM Early voting in Florida’s presidential primaries will end Sunday for Democrats and Republicans in South Florida despite calls from voting rights groups for the state to extend early voting due to concerns and...
‘Today, the United States of America Failed to Live Up to Our Democratic Ideals’
The Lawyers Committee’s Clarke complained on Monday night that DeWine was “issuing statements about the election but failing to provide crystal clear clarity about whether your constituents should show up and vote tomorrow.”
“I’ve never seen this level of sheer chaos in an election. Voters in Ohio are the ones who lose out,” observed the voting rights advocate, who noted that her group’s election protection hotline—1-800-OUR-VOTE—was receiving election day calls from Ohio voters who “were unaware that the election had been called off.” “The 11th-hour postponement in Ohio proved incredibly disruptive and chaotic today.”