Lawsuit Says Trump’s Rushed Census Timeline Will Cut Months From Counting, and Processing Data and Erase Millions

by Press | Aug 18, 2020 | Press Releases

(WASHINGTON) – The Trump administration’s last-minute rushed census timeline cuts nearly a month from the actual count and cuts four months from the time for processing and reporting the data, a lawsuit filed against Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross and Census Bureau...

Postmaster General DeJoy’s Sacking of Postal Leadership May Be Remembered as August’s ‘Friday Night Massacre’

by Press | Aug 8, 2020 | Press Releases

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) –  During an intense pandemic that has forced millions of Americans to turn to vote-by-mail with the support of the U.S. postal system, reports today indicate that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has transferred two top postal executives and...

Separate Census Lawsuit Will Ask Three-Judge Panel to Throw Out Trump’s Constitutional End Run on Counting All of the Nation’s Residents

by Press | Jul 27, 2020 | Press Releases

(San Francisco, Calif.) – The Trump administration’s attempt to exclude immigrants from the nation’s census violates the one person/one vote guarantee in the U.S. Constitution, as well as sections which guard against intentional discrimination and other provisions,...

Trump’s Lackluster Order on Policing Reform Not Nearly as Strong as His Attacks on Peaceful Protesters

by Press | Jun 16, 2020 | Press Releases

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – President Donald Trump issued an executive order on policing and police reform today. The following is a statement from Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: “President Trump’s...