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Lawyers’ Committee Continues Fight for Racial Equity as Lawsuit Stalls Fearless Fund Grant Program
WASHINGTON—On Monday, in American Alliance for Equal Rights vs. Fearless Fund Management LLC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit overturned a district court’s decision and ordered a further pause to the Fearless Fund awarding any grants in the Fearless...
Supreme Court Allows Racial Gerrymandering in South Carolina, Lawyers’ Committee Decries Ruling
WASHINGTON--On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, reversing a federal court’s finding that ruled South Carolina’s redistricting of Congressional District 1 was an...
Senate AI Report Does Not Sufficiently Protect Civil Rights, Falls Short on Proposed Solutions
Legislation Needed Now to Prevent Discrimination and Other Harms, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Urges Congress to Use its Model AI Bill as Blueprint WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Todd Young (R-IN),...
Court Upholds Teacher and Student Rights in Challenge to Arkansas Classroom Censorship Law
(Ark.)—On Tuesday, a federal court issued a ruling on the controversial classroom censorship provision of the Arkansas’ LEARNS Act, Section 16. The court upheld student’s right to receive information and ideas and issued a partial injunction, prohibiting Arkansas from...
Groups that Sued State React to Signing of Legislation to Create a New Majority Black Voting District for a Louisiana Supreme Court Seat
On Wednesday, the Governor of Louisiana signed legislation that gives Black voters in the Baton Rouge area an equal opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice to the Louisiana Supreme Court by creating a judicial election district with a majority of Black voters...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Statement on HHS’s Nondiscrimination in Health Care Rule
WASHINGTON–On Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a final rule implementing the Health Care Rights Law, otherwise known as Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Section 1557 prohibits discrimination in...
Jefferson Parish Public Housing Tenants Win a Victory Against HUD, Stopping the Planned Conversion of the Acre Road Public Housing Development
LOUISIANA––The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, have successfully won summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of current...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Applauds the Rejection of Trump’s Attempt to Postpone Civil Cases on January 6th
WASHINGTON—On Thursday, former President Donald Trump was unsuccessful in his attempt to halt a series of lawsuits that accuse him of instigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection. In 2021 the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sued the former president, his...
David Brody of the Lawyers’ Committee Digital Justice Initiative Testifies Before House on Need for Comprehensive Privacy Law that Protects Civil Rights
WASHINGTON—In testimony today before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Innovation, Data and Commerce Subcommittee, David Brody, managing attorney of the Digital Justice Initiative at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, underscored the need...
Lawyers’ Committee, Virginia NAACP Files Lawsuit Against Governor Youngkin’s Office for Violation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act
RICHMOND, VA—Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Ropes & Gray LLP filed a lawsuit on behalf of the their clients the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP (“Virginia NAACP”) with the Circuit Court for the City of...
Lawyers’ Committee, NAACP Join Educators & Students in Lawsuit Against Arkansas Challenging LEARNS Act & Treatment of AP African American Studies Course
WASHINGTON - The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and civil rights attorneys Mike Laux and Austin Porter Jr. filed an amended complaint and accompanying motion for preliminary injunction against Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the state of...
Virginia State Conference of the NAACP serves Governor Youngkin’s Office with notice of intent to sue for violation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act
Today, the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP (“Virginia NAACP”) served Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Office with a notice of intent to sue for violation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (“VFOIA”), Va. Code §§ 2.2-3700 et seq. The notice was accompanied by...
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Applauds Office of Management and Budget Guidance on Artificial Intelligence
WASHINGTON—The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its final guidance on Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Thursday, titled Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence. The guidance requires federal agencies...
Civil, Legal and Latino Advocates Applaud Smithsonian Museum for Standing Firm to Protect Program that Increases Opportunity
WASHINGTON-– A United States District Court for the District of Columbia is likely to approve a proposed settlement in the case American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Jorge Zamanillo, a lawsuit filed by Edward Blum challenging an internship program offered by the...
Voting Rights Win in New Mexico: Navajo Community Gains Equal Opportunity to Elect Preferred Candidates in Second San Juan County Commission District
Suppressing the Power of Navajo Voters Has Resulted in Policies that Hurt the Community ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (March 25, 2024) – Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the UCLA Voting Rights Project (UCLA VRP), the ACLU of New Mexico, the...