by Press | Jan 24, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington D.C.) – The U.S. Supreme Court has granted review of two federal court decisions upholding race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC). The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law...
by Press | Jan 21, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Holly A. Thomas to serve as the United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday. Since 2018, Judge Thomas has served as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge. She is...
by Press | Jan 20, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties at Thursday’s hearing...
by Press | Jan 19, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – In the wake of the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, for the first time during the 117th Congress, the Senate debated the substance of the combined Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The...
by Press | Jan 18, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Virginia’s newly-enacted statewide redistricting maps appear to largely maintain current levels of representation for Virginia’s Black communities, but continued vigilance is needed to ensure Black Virginians’ ability to elect candidates of choice...
