by Press | Nov 20, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and co-counsel filed an opposition motion to dismiss last night in Black Lives Matter D.C. v. Trump, after several defendants filed motions to dismiss the case. The case seeks to hold...
by Press | Nov 19, 2020 | Press Releases
(ATLANTA) – U.S. District Judge Steven Grimberg rebuffed a last-minute lawsuit by L. Lin Wood seeking to block the state of Georgia from certifying its election results. The following is statement from Kristen Clarke, president and executive director, Lawyers’...
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...
by Press | Sep 25, 2020 | Press Releases
(SAN JOSE, Calif.) – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California last night issued an order blocking the Trump administration’s attempts to rush the 2020 Census to a close while a legal challenge to that plan plays out in the courts. The court’s...
by Press | Sep 8, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) –The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s new Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice rule goes into effect today, marking a major step backwards in the ongoing fight for fair housing in the United...
