Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Supreme Court Makes It More Difficult to Protect Voters of Color
Photos: Twitter (Washington, D.C.) – In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court made it more difficult for voters of color to protect themselves ...
Civil Rights Groups: For The People Act Must Be Passed
Photo: YouTube Tuesday, the Senate failed to advance S. 1. The For the People Act to a full floor debate. By doing so, it ...
Fair Housing Advocates Fighting Against Zoning Laws That Perpetuate Racial Inequity
Photos: Twitter (Washington D.C.) – The American Jobs Plan’s proposal incentivizing local governments to reform zoning laws could have unintended negative consequences for low- ...
Voting Rights: Demings Introduces Every Vote Counts Act
Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla) introduced the Every Vote Counts Act on Tuesday, which, for federal elections in places ...
Report: Georgia’s Racial Redistricting Could be Cause For Concern
Photos: YouTube\Common Cause (Washington, D.C.) – Changing demographics, racially polarized voting, and one-party control of redistricting are causes for concern over how the Georgia ...
Report: White Voter Decline Leads to Georgia Redistricting Bid
Photo: YouTube Changing demographics, racially polarized voting, and one-party control of redistricting are causes for concern over how the Georgia General Assembly might redistrict ...
Senate Judiciary Committee Splits Vote on Kristen Clarke Nomination
Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday on the nomination of Kristen Clarke to be ...
Maryland Judge Signs Landmark Settlement of HBCU Litigation
Photo: Twitter (Annapolis, Md.) – U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Blake entered an order Wednesday finding that legislation passed by the Maryland General ...
Florida Passes Anti-Democratic Jim Crow Voter Suppression Bill
Photo: YouTube\ACLU (Tallahassee, Fla.) – The Florida State Legislature passed SB90 late Thursday night, a bill that makes voting by mail significantly more difficult, ...
Black Community Secures Settlement with Alamance Co. NC Sheriff
Photo: Wikimedia Commons United States District Court Judge Catherine Eagles entered a consent order and judgment today designed to protect the First Amendment rights ...
