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Supreme Court Grants Stay in Texas Redistricting Case
Contact: press@lawyerscommittee.org WASHINGTON, D.C. -The U.S. Supreme Court granted the State of Texas’s request to stay a federal court ruling in a case brought by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Texas NAACP, and other groups...
Statement from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on Introduction of the AI Civil Rights Act
WASHINGTON — Today, in partnership with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA)and Representatives Yvette Clarke, Summer Lee, Ayanna Pressley, and Pramila Jayapal introduced the AI Civil Rights Act to establish a regulatory system...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Reacts to Texas’s Request for the Supreme Court to Stay a Federal Court Ruling Blocking Texas’s Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map
Contact: press@lawyerscommittee.org The State of Texas filed a request for the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a stay that would pause an important federal court ruling that blocked the state’s racially gerrymandered congressional map from going into effect. The lower...
Federal Court Stops Texas’s 2025 Redistricting Map
A federal court issued a preliminary injunction blocking the 2025 Texas redistricted maps from going into effect, and ordered that the 2026 Congressional election use the 2021 maps instead. Statement from Voting Right Project Director Rob Weiner ...
Lawyers’ Committee Welcomes Five Additional Board Members and Elects New Board Co-Chair, Vice-Chair
WASHINGTON – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has elected a new board co-chair and vice-chair and also welcomed five accomplished attorneys to its board of directors. Dean of Drake University Law School Roscoe Jones, Jr., was elected...
Court Reaffirms Earlier Decision Granting Nationwide Injunction in Case Challenging Anti-DEI Executive Orders
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued an opinion in a case brought by Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) challenging anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion executive orders. In response, Sabrina Talukder, senior counsel with the Economic...
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Honored Laurence Fishburne, Kristen Clarke, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Chicago Women in Trades, and Yolanda Renee King at its 25th Annual Higginbotham Leadership Awards Gala
NEW YORK — The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law hosted its 25th annual Higginbotham Leadership Awards Gala on Oct.16 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Marking the organization’s 62nd year of fighting for the protection and expansion of civil rights,...
Lawyers’ Committee Sues Trump Administration Over Anti-DEI Executive Orders on Behalf of Anti-Human Trafficking Organization
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Freedom Network USA (FNUSA) filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration, challenging executive orders that severely restrict and chill Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives and jeopardize the future of its work to protect...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and National Digital Inclusion Alliance Sue Over the Repeal of the Digital Equity Act Competitive Grant Program
The lawsuit alleges that the Trump administration’s termination of an entire congressionally mandated grant program under the Digital Equity Act is an unconstitutional overreach and strikes a blow to communities, leaving them cut off from basic online...
Legacy Civil Rights Organizations Condemn House Resolution Glorifying Charlie Kirk’s Record and Call for Meaningful Action to Address Hate
A coalition of leading civil rights organizations issued the following statement in response to recent developments, including the passage of House Resolution 719. While roundly condemning the murder of Charlie Kirk, the organizations remind Congress and all Americans...
Lawyers’ Committee and Allies File Amicus Brief in Support of Fair Maps in Louisiana v. Callais
WASHINGTON — Late Wednesday, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and partner organizations filed an amicus brief in the US Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais in support of fair representation for Black voters in...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Reflects on 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina
To recognize the 20-year mark of Hurricane Katrina, Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement: “It has been 20 years since this catastrophic hurricane forever changed New...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Texas NAACP Ask Court to Block Texas’ Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Maps
The lawsuit alleges that maps recently passed by the Texas legislature are illegal and intentionally discriminate against majority minority districts to dilute their political power. WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Texas NAACP, represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Condemns Texas Redistricting Plan as Racially Discriminatory
Robert Weiner, the voting rights project director at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which represents the Texas NAACP in the ongoing lawsuit against Texas for racial gerrymandering, issued the following statement regarding the new...
Federal Judge Rejects Broad Bid to Toss VACIR Voting Rights Case
Federal Judge Rejects Broad Bid to Toss VACIR Voting Rights Case Plaintiffs’ core claims proceed and the case moves to discovery. Alexandria, VA— In a major win for voting rights and the rule of law, Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles of the U.S. District Court...