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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Submits Comment on CFPB’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking To Roll Back Payday Loan Rule
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law submitted a comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to roll back the 2017 Payday Loan Rule, which regulates payday loans, auto title loans,...
Black assistant coaches were scapegoats in the NCAA recruiting trials
The criminal justice system let the real culprits — head coaches, colleges and NCAA — off the hook
Supreme Court Overturning 40-Year-Old Precedent is “Deeply Disturbing’ Decision for Other Landmark Cases: Experts
The Supreme Court overturned a 40-year-old precedent on Monday in a split 5-4 ruling that legal experts said did not bode well for the future of other well established cases like Roe v. Wade. “Today’s decision is deeply disturbing because it makes clear that five...
What are the consequences of the fight for abortion restrictions?
Which states are passing the strongest restrictions on abortions, and what are the consequences? President and Executive Director of the National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Kristen Clarke, joins Ali Velshi to break it down.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Statement in Response to Supreme Court Ruling Abandoning Precedent in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt
Washington, D.C. – In response to the recent Supreme Court decision in Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, where the court ruled that a state cannot be sued in the courts of another state without its consent, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director...
HUD Says Its Proposed Limit on Public Housing Aid Could Displace 55,000 Children
WASHINGTON — Thousands of legal residents and citizens, including 55,000 children who are in the country legally, could be displaced under a proposed rule intended to prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving federal housing assistance, according to the...
Proposed Rule Could Evict 55,000 Children From Subsidized Housing
Tens of thousands of poor children — all of them American citizens or legal residents — could lose their housing under a new rule proposed today by the Trump Administration.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns HUD Secretary Carson’s Attack on Immigrant Communities
Washington, D.C. - The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law condemns a proposed U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulation barring most families that include both people who are undocumented immigrants and individuals who are...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Announces $1 Million Dollar Donation From Hogan Lovells
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced a $1 million donation from Hogan Lovells, a leading global law firm, to support the work of the non-partisan, national civil rights organization and leader in the nation working to...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Statement in Support of the EQUAL Defense Act
Washington, D.C. – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law applauds Sen. Kamala Harris’ introduction of the Ensuring Quality Access of Legal Defense of 2019 Act (the “EQUAL Defense Act”), a bill designed to promote the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of the...
National Civil Rights Group Condemns Governor DeSantis’s Endorsement of Anti-Voting Rights Bill
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law condemns the Florida legislature for passing SB 7066, legislation that undermines the will of the people who passed Amendment 4 to the Florida Constitution. Amendment 4 would restore voting...
Tennessee passed a law that could make it harder to register voters
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a measure Thursday that fines groups for incomplete or inaccurate forms. Hours later, civil rights groups filed a lawsuit.
Voting rights advocates sue over Tennessee crackdown on voter registration
Voting rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday, hours after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed into law a measure that would impose criminal charges and fines on voter registration groups over incomplete forms and missed deadlines.
Civil rights groups sue Tennessee Over law imposing new penalties on voter registration
(Reuters) - Civil rights groups in Tennessee have asked a federal court to block enforcement of a new state law that threatens to impose new penalties on voter-registration groups if they file too many incomplete forms.
Trump views the Supreme Court as an ally, sowing doubt about its independence among his critics
The morning after the Supreme Court reviewed his administration’s most important case of the term, President Trump informed the justices he might have another task for them. “I DID NOTHING WRONG,” Trump tweeted Wednesday. “If the partisan Dems ever tried to Impeach, I...