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 | Apr 18, 2024 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, former President Donald Trump was unsuccessful in his attempt to halt a series of lawsuits that accuse him of instigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection. In 2021 the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sued the former president, his...
by Press | Jun 4, 2021 | Press Releases
(Menlo Park, Calif.) – Facebook will suspend former President Trump from the platform for two years it announced on Friday. The company’s announcement follows a ruling from the Facebook Oversight Board in May that pushed the decision of whether or not to ban the...
by Press | Feb 12, 2021 | Press Releases
The Facebook Oversight Board must ensure that President Trump’s removal from Facebook is permanent, or risk his further incitement of violence, promotion of racism, and threat to democracy, comments submitted to the board by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights...
by Press | Jan 7, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Armed insurrectionists attacked and overtook the U.S. Capitol Building to forcibly challenge President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s Electoral College victory. The violence threatened the lives of the entire U.S....
