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Immigration Reform Must Ensure Due Process
Monday, March 25, 2013
In testimony submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, March 20, Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, stressed the importance of ensuring due process for immigrants when considering reform legislation.
Categories: Immigration
Sen. Leahy Introduces Bill to Uphold the Promise of Gideon v. Wainright Ruling
Thursday, March 21, 2013
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, the landmark Supreme Court decision establishing that under the Constitution states are required to provide a lawyer to criminally charged defendants who cannot otherwise afford one.
Categories: Criminal Justice System
Anti-Death Penalty Advocates Celebrate Maryland Victory, Prepare for Next States
Thursday, March 21, 2013
With the passage last week of a bill to repeal the death penalty, Maryland will become the sixth state to end capital punishment in the last six years and the first below the Mason-Dixon Line.
Categories: Criminal Justice System
Labor Board Asks Supreme Court to Review Ruling Against Obama Recess Appointments
Friday, March 15, 2013
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced this week that it would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling finding that President Obama's recess appointments to the NLRB were unconstitutional.
Categories: Civil Rights Enforcement Agencies, Workers' Rights
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Arizona’s Challenge to Federal ‘Motor Voter’ Law
Friday, March 15, 2013
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday, March 18, in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA), Inc., a case brought by the state of Arizona challenging the primacy of the federal National Voter Registration Act (NVRA or the “motor voter” bill) in regulating federal elections.
Categories: Voting Rights
A Win in Tennessee for Equal Opportunity
Monday, March 11, 2013
The fight to protect equal opportunity in higher education marked a victory in Tennessee with the recent defeat of Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8) in the state legislature.
Categories: Equal Opportunity
Civil Rights Groups File Supreme Court Brief in Support of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, joined by 28 other civil rights organizations, submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder, arguing for the constitutionality of maintaining a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA).
Categories: Voting Rights
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: A Proud ‘Product of Affirmative Action’
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
In her newly released memoir, "My Beloved World," Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor defends affirmative action – under which she was admitted to Princeton University and Yale Law School – as a needed tool to help disadvantaged students get to the starting line of the race to success.
Categories: Equal Opportunity
Advocates Warn that FCC Changes on Media Ownership Could Undermine Diversity
Friday, February 8, 2013
Civil rights advocates are warning that racial and gender disparities in media ownership could be exacerbated by a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposal to relax the rule regulating conglomerate ownership of both newspaper and broadcast media outlets.
Categories: Media & Technology
Senate Hearing Focuses on Need to Reform How Americans Vote
Thursday, December 20, 2012
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week, civil and human rights advocates spoke to the need for reforming the antiquated and uneven process governing how Americans register and vote in elections.
Categories: Voting Rights
