by Press | Jul 21, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON– Wednesday, a bipartisan group of senators led by Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced a bill to reform the Electoral Count Act (ECA) of 1887: The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act. “Reforming the Electoral...
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 | Jan 26, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — Following 27 years of service on our nation’s highest court, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer announced that he will retire at the end of the current term according to people familiar with his thinking. Justice Breyer was...
by Press | Jan 19, 2022 | Press Releases
Leading civil rights organizations issued the following joint statement in response to the double atrocity committed in the Senate tonight, both in blocking a vote on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act and in failing to change Senate rules to prevent such...
by Press | Jan 19, 2022 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – In the wake of the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, for the first time during the 117th Congress, the Senate debated the substance of the combined Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The...
