by Press | Feb 26, 2025 | Press Releases
Washington, DC — Chicago-based nonprofit Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) filed a new lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders that severely restrict and chill Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives. Approximately 70 percent of CWIT’s...
by Press | Jan 29, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON D.C. – Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following statement following reports that President Donald Trump removed two commissioners from the five-member bipartisan,...
by Demelza Baer | Jan 24, 2025 | Press Releases
President Donald Trump’s initial executive orders and actions demonstrate a profound hostility to civil rights and many of the programs and policies that protect the rights of millions of Americans everyday. Within his first few days in office, President Trump issued...
by Press | Jan 21, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON — Following his inauguration, President Donald Trump issued an executive order pardoning and commuting the sentences of nearly 1600 people charged for their involvement in the January 6 insurrection. Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the...
by Lawyers' Committee | Jan 6, 2025 | Blog
It’s been four years since insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power. Since that day, many have wondered what true accountability could look like for the violence that took place, and its...
