WASHINGTON, June 25 (TNScapv) -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), joined by 53 other national organizations, urged House Energy and Commerce Committee leadership to postpone the upcoming markup of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) and restore key civil rights protections and algorithmic a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement today on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 being signed into law:"Today marks sixty years since President Lyndon B. Johnson, with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. standing beside him, signed the Civil Rights Act into law. He did so amid a time of great uncertainty for America. Less than eight months prior, an assassin took the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton. The Court vacated the lower court decisions and sent the cases back to the courts for reconsideration. The Court held the lower courts did not use the appropriate standard of review and explained how the First Amendment should be examined in this context. The Lawyers' Committ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement: * * * The Lawyers' Committee submitted the amicus brief in the case here (https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-175/306659/20240403153933655_23-175bsacTheLawyersCommitteeForCivilRightsUnderLaw.pdf). The following statement is from Thomas Silverstein, Acting Director of the Fair Housing & Community Development Project. "The Court's conclusion that sleeping outside when there is a sh more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Donald J. Trump v. United States. The ruling gives a president immunity from prosecution for crimes committed through official acts as president. For some acts-for powers the Constitution gives only to the president-the immunity is to be "absolute." For other official acts, the ruling gives the president a rebuttable presump more PR

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act: * * * Sixty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law one of the most significant pieces of civil rights legislation in history -- the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. That day, our Nation moved closer to our North Star, the founding ideal of America: We are all created equal a more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 3 (TNSres) -- Mercer University issued the following news: By Jennifer Fairfield-Williams This was a record-setting year for student achievement at Mercer University, with 48 students receiving 55 nationally and internationally competitive merit scholarships and fellowships. At Mercer, everyone majors in changing the world, so it should come as no surprise that students are encouraged to apply for such merit scholarship programs. Dozens of students earn awards each yea more PR