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 | Nov 18, 2025 | Press Releases
A federal court issued a preliminary injunction blocking the 2025 Texas redistricted maps from going into effect, and ordered that the 2026 Congressional election use the 2021 maps instead. Statement from Voting Right Project Director Rob Weiner ...
by Press | Nov 8, 2022 | Press Releases
Black voters in Beaumont were intimidated by white poll workers, who asked them to loudly recite their address after already being checked in. BEAUMONT, TX– The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed emergency voting rights litigation on...
by Press | Feb 1, 2022 | Press Releases
Austin, Texas – Today, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU Texas), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), and DĒMOS filed a lawsuit...
by Press | Nov 5, 2021 | Press Releases
(Austin, Texas) — The Texas State Legislature approved redistricting maps for the state House, the state Senate, and U.S. Congress that are based on the unconstitutional and impermissible use of race. These maps dilute the voting strength of Black voters and other...
