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US census 2020: Trump retreats on citizenship question
President Donald Trump will no longer pursue adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 US census questionnaire. Instead, he said officials would obtain the information through an executive order for government agencies, as court challenges would have delayed a...
Taking driver’s licenses from the poor to get them to pay debt makes zero sense
In the Arkansas Delta, along the western bank of the Mississippi River, sits the town of West Memphis. There, enslaved Africans cleared timber and picked cotton, B.B. King played his first gig, and Howlin' Wolf formed his first band. In West Memphis, less than 6...
A Black Teen Got His Throat Slit Over Rap Music. Activists Say It’s a Hate Crime
Civil rights advocates and 2020 candidate Cory Booker are calling for investigators to treat the killing of a black Arizona teen last week as a hate crime. Police say at 1:42 a.m. on July 4, 17-year-old Elijah Al-Amin pulled into the Circle K convenience store and gas...
Here’s Why The Lawyers’ Committee Is Actively Addressing Hateful Activities On Social Media Platforms
Civil discourse is used to project the voices of marginalized groups and ultimately, cultivate progressive change; throughout history, activism has been an integral aspect of the global socio-political narrative. Therefore, activism evolved with technological...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Joins Marijuana Justice Coalition
Coalition to Urge Congress to Reform Marijuana Laws with Emphasis on Racial Justice Washington, D.C. – Today, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law joined a broad coalition of national groups in forming the Marijuana Justice Coalition to advocate for...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights File Amicus Brief on Behalf of 57 Organizations In SCOTUS LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination Cases
Washington, D.C. – A coalition of 57 civil rights and social justice organizations, led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, filed an amicus brief in support of the employees in three Supreme...
Administración Trump avanza con impresión del Censo 2020 sin preguntas sobre ciudadaníaAdministración Trump avanza con impresión del Censo 2020 sin preguntas sobre ciudadanía
La administración Trump está avanzando con la impresión del Censo 2020 sin preguntas sobre la ciudadanía, ha informado la agencia de noticias Associated Press (AP). La información se basa en la declaración de Kristen Clarke, abogado de un grupo de derechos...
2020 Census to Be Printed Without Citizenship Question
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau has started the process of printing the questionnaire without the controversial query. Trump administration attorneys notified parties in...
DOJ says citizenship question being dropped from 2020 Census: NY attorney general’s office
The New York attorney general’s office said Tuesday the Justice Department has decided to print the 2020 Census without the citizenship question sought by the Trump administration, ending a contentious legal dispute over an issue that could soon...
Trump administration begins printing 2020 census without citizenship question, signaling end of court battle
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said Tuesday it has begun printing 2020 census forms without a question on citizenship, indicating it may be backing down from a lengthy court battle. Following the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling last week...
Trump administration says it will print census without citizenship question
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Responds to DOJ Confirming Citizenship Question Will Not Appear on 2020 Census
Washington, D.C. – In response to the Department of Justice confirming today that the decision has been made to print the 2020 Decennial Census questionnaire without a citizenship question, and that the printer has been instructed to begin the printing process,...
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Amicus Brief in Support of Appellees In Medicaid Work Requirements Cases
Washington, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amicus brief in support of the appellees in two cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Stewart v. Azar and Gresham v. Azar. The brief urges the court to...
Legal stench is overpowering; farmers losing
A Texas lawyer looking for gains at the expense of North Carolina farmers was bad enough. The legal stench of another band of barristers is equally disturbing.
Supreme Court refuses to approve citizenship question on 2020 census
The Supreme Court dealt a sharp and unexpected defeat to the Trump administration on Thursday, refusing to uphold its plan to ask all households about the citizenship of their residents as part of the 2020 census. The ruling spares California — at least for now — from...