by Press | Oct 26, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The U.S. Senate confirmed seasoned voting rights lawyer Myrna Pérez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday. Her confirmation is historic as Pérez becomes the only Latina now serving on that court and only the second to ever...
by Press | Oct 22, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — President Biden said on Thursday during a CNN town hall that he was open to ending the Senate filibuster to pass voting rights legislation and other parts of his agenda. The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, president and executive...
by Press | Oct 15, 2021 | Press Releases
CHICAGO — The Illinois legislature’s S.B. 927 redistricting plan, creates unconstitutional racially gerrymandered districts for the Illinois House of Representatives, according to a federal lawsuit filed Friday by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
by Press | Sep 7, 2021 | Press Releases
(Austin, Texas) — The Texas State Legislature’s SB 1 legislation violates provisions of the Texas Constitution that protect the right to vote, the right to freedom of speech and expression, the right to due process, and the right to equal protection under law,...
by Press | Sep 2, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, DC) – Counting incarcerated individuals at their carceral address rather than their home address unjustly shifts political power from communities of color to white, rural communities where prisons are disproportionately located and further...
