by Press | Apr 27, 2026 | Press Releases
In December, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a preliminary injunction that would have barred Texas from using its new Congressional voting maps in the 2026 election. Now, the Court has reversed the injunction, brushing aside massive evidence that the plan intentionally...
by Press | Dec 4, 2025 | Press Releases
Contact: press@lawyerscommittee.org WASHINGTON, D.C. -The U.S. Supreme Court granted the State of Texas’s request to stay a federal court ruling in a case brought by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Texas NAACP, and other groups...
by Press | Oct 24, 2023 | Press Releases
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Today, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), ACLU of Georgia, and Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP (SRZ), filed a...
by Press | Aug 18, 2023 | Press Releases
Today the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law – in collaboration with Pro Bono counsel Cooley LLP – led a group of civil rights organizations in filing an amicus brief in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, a racial...
by Press | Oct 15, 2021 | Press Releases
CHICAGO — The Illinois legislature’s S.B. 927 redistricting plan, creates unconstitutional racially gerrymandered districts for the Illinois House of Representatives, according to a federal lawsuit filed Friday by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
