by Ian Weiner | Nov 19, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – More than 228,800 callers accessed the 866-OUR-VOTE Election Protection hotline between Jan. 1 and Election Day. The Election Protection hotline provided front-line support for voters across the country throughout the 2020 election cycle. The top...
by Ian Weiner | Nov 19, 2020 | Press Releases
Federal and state courts have historically failed to reflect the racial, ethnic and gender diversity of the United States, with a significantly higher proportion of white and male judges on the federal bench than the reflected population, a new brief released by...
by Ian Weiner | Nov 18, 2020 | Press Releases
(Hartford, Conn.) – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and multiple of its grantees and contractors failed to provide relocating families with the mobility counseling they were entitled to, imposed relocation deadlines that were highly...
by Ian Weiner | Nov 17, 2020 | Press Releases
In 2014, Students for Fair Admissions attacked the diversity initiatives at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when it filed a lawsuit against, seeking to eradicate a race-conscious admissions policy that viewed race in a holistic manner, and ensured...
by Ian Weiner | Nov 12, 2020 | Press Releases
New York City Police officers’ misconduct records should be released immediately, argues a brief filed last week by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., LatinoJustice PRLDEF, and Law for Black Lives. ...
