by Press | Nov 21, 2025 | Press Releases
Contact: press@lawyerscommittee.org The State of Texas filed a request for the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a stay that would pause an important federal court ruling that blocked the state’s racially gerrymandered congressional map from going into effect. The lower...
by Press | Mar 20, 2025 | Press Releases
Washington, D.C.— In response to the illegal firing of two sitting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioners by President Trump, Shatorah Roberson, senior policy counsel at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, released the following...
by Press | Jan 16, 2025 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON—The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed an amici brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a diverse group of civil rights and nonprofit organizations defending the constitutionality of the FCC’s Universal Service Fund, a $4 billion...
by Press | Jul 1, 2024 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON—On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Donald J. Trump v. United States. The ruling gives a president immunity from prosecution for crimes committed through official acts as president. For some acts–for powers the Constitution...
by Press | Jun 28, 2024 | Press Releases
The Lawyers’ Committee submitted the amicus brief in the case here. The following statement is from Thomas Silverstein, Acting Director of the Fair Housing & Community Development Project. “The Court’s conclusion that sleeping outside when there...
