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UNC students and faculty try to block a settlement that uses university funds to preserve a Confederate monument
LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW CONTINUES FIGHT IN SILENT SAM CONTROVERSY
Group Appeals Denial of Students’ and Faculty Motion to Intervene Chapel Hill, NC– Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a notice of appeal from the denial of their clients’ Motion to Intervene in North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate...
New York Judge Issues Landmark Ruling Affecting More than a Million New York Voters in Advance of the April 2020 Primary Election
Judge Orders that All Inactive Voters’ Names Must Be Included on Lists Maintained at All New York Polling Places After Finding That Voters’ Rights Were Violated WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late Friday, U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan of the Southern District of New York...
LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW CONDEMNS HUD PROPOSAL TO GUT FAIR HOUSING OVERSIGHT
Washington, D.C. – Today, Secretary Ben Carson and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) posted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on its website that will be published shortly and that, if finalized, would gut the department’s oversight of its local...
ARIZONA VOTING RIGHTS ADVOCATES OBTAIN SETTLEMENT IMPROVING STATEWIDE ACCESS TO VOTER
PHOENIX, AZ—Today, voting rights advocates celebrated a significant win for Arizonans that will make it easier for residents to exercise their fundamental right to vote. The victory was declared after the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters of...
Ben Carson’s HUD will propose new rule, further weakening enforcement of fair housing laws
Census 2020 Tests Social-Media Giants’ Ability to Combat Disinformation
BLACK IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS APPLAUD THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT’S PATHWAY TO PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR LIBERIAN IMMIGRANTS
WASHINGTON – African Communities Together and UndocuBlack Network, along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Lawyers for Civil Rights, applaud the provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that allows eligible Liberians to gain...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to Facebook’s New Policy on 2020 Census
On December 19, 2019, Facebook announced new census policies. Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement in response: “Disinformation campaigns designed to discourage...
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Opposes the EEOC’s Rescission of its Policy Position Against Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
Yesterday, the EEOC voted 2-1 to rescind its 1997 policy position that forced arbitration of employment discrimination disputes contravenes the fundamental principles of our civil rights laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The EEOC’s...
LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW RESPONDS TO UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS FALSE CLAIMS
Chapel Hill, NC– Following the filings from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the UNC Board of Governors responded with false claims that the institution had two options, to either settle with the pro-confederate group or return the statue to campus....
What the Trump impeachment process says about our elections
LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW TAKES LEGAL ACTION TO UNDO $2.5M ‘SILENT SAM’ DEAL ON BEHALF OF UNC STUDENTS
UNC System’s Settlement with Neo-Confederate Group Prompts Outrage from Civil Rights Groups, Students and Faculty Chapel Hill, NC– Today the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a motion in Orange County Superior Court to intervene and set aside a $2.5...
N.C. attorney general lashes out at plan to pay for upkeep of ‘Silent Sam’ statue
North Carolina’s attorney general, on Wednesday, lashed out at a plan by the University of North Carolina to give $2.5 million for the upkeep of a Civil War memorial by a Confederate heritage group, saying the money could be better used to help students.
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Branch of the NAACP Are Encouraged By the Most Recent Action In the Long-Running Leandro Case
CHARLOTTE – The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Branch of the NAACP is encouraged by the most recent action in the long-running Leandro case: the release of the court-ordered report by independent consultant WestEd, “Sound Basic Education for All—An Action Plan...