by Press | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog
April marks the time of year when the nation celebrates the passage of the Fair Housing Act, the landmark civil rights law that prohibits discrimination in the rental, sale or financing of any lodging based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, disability...
by Press | Mar 23, 2016 | Blog
Election season is in full force here at the Lawyers’ Committee. Through the nationwide, nonpartisan Election Protection program, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law administers the 866-OUR-VOTE voter helpline, and voters have been steadily calling with...
by Press | Mar 8, 2016 | Blog
The Supreme Court’s decision on February 29, 2016 to deny the petition for the writ of certiorari in challenge to the validity of San Jose, California’s mandatory inclusionary zoning ordinance was an unheralded but significant victory for affordable housing and racial...
by Press | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog
“You do not take a man who, for years, has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race, saying ‘you are free to compete with all the others,’ and still justly believe you have been completely fair.” In his 1965 commencement address...
by Press | Mar 3, 2016 | Blog
In addition to the myriad constitutional and political issues that have been raised with respect to filling the Supreme Court vacancy resulting from Justice Scalia’s death, it is important not to lose sight of a practical issue at the heart of the matter—the Court...
by Press | Jan 14, 2016 | Blog
Jamal, an African American student, was removed from his school’s special education program even though his disability caused him to struggle academically. This led to behavioral problems, and punitive responses to his emotional and academic issues escalated until he...
