by Press | Oct 26, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The United States Senate voted 52-47 to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court tonight. Barrett is the first justice to be confirmed while a presidential election was underway. The following is a statement from Kristen Clarke,...
by Press | Oct 19, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it would not halt a ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court extending the state’s ballot receipt deadline. The following is a statement from Kristen Clarke, president and executive...
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 18, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the nation’s highest court and a fierce advocate for civil rights during her storied career as an attorney, law professor and justice, died of pancreatic cancer at...
by Press | Jul 16, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Supreme Court voted not to weigh in on whether Florida’s citizens must pay court fees before regaining their right to vote today. The court chose not to overturn a lower court’s decision to keep hundreds of thousands from joining the...
