by Press | Feb 27, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The US House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan, H.R.1319, today, a key step towards delivering to Black Americans and other communities of color who have been hit hardest by the pandemic the federal assistance they’ve long...
by Press | Feb 24, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – National Civil rights leaders called on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Georgy Floyd Justice in Policing Act today, a critical step to holding law enforcement accountable for unconstitutional and unethical conduct. The 2020...
by Press | Jan 7, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Armed insurrectionists attacked and overtook the U.S. Capitol Building to forcibly challenge President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s Electoral College victory. The violence threatened the lives of the entire U.S....
by Press | Nov 17, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the co-chairs of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ Voting Rights Task Force, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and MALDEF, issued the following statement regarding...
by Press | Sep 26, 2020 | Press Releases
(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...
