by Ian Weiner | Jul 8, 2021 | Press Releases
(Austin, Texas) — Texas state legislators returned to the Capitol building Thursday to begin a special session, during which they will resume debate on SB7, the omnibus voter suppression bill that failed passage at the regular legislative session in late...
by Ian Weiner | Mar 15, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
Just three days before the November election, alarm bells rang out as partisan political candidates and advocates attempted to disenfranchise nearly 130,000 Texans in Harris County, home of the state’s largest city, who utilized the...
by Ian Weiner | Oct 7, 2020 | Press Releases
(Austin, Texas)- Governor Greg Abbott’s order to restrict each county in Texas to one secure ballot drop box is unconstitutional and a direct act of voter suppression, a lawsuit filed today against Abbott and Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs argues. The lawsuit...
by Don Owens | Aug 14, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC are reviewing claims that Yale University’s race-conscious policies discriminate against White students and Asian American students and are considering...