WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on Justice Stephen Breyer’s announced retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court:
WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the Senate’s vote to confirm Judge Holly Thomas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 19, 2022) — Leading civil rights organizations issued the following joint statement in response to the double atrocity committed in the Senate tonight, both in blocking a vote on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act and in failing to change Senate rules to prevent such obstruction:
WASHINGTON — Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, will testify today before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on the ongoing pervasive racial discrimination at the ballot box.
Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the U.S. Senate failed to amend the filibuster to allow an up or down vote on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act:
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with 90 civil rights and education organizations, today called on members of Congress to advance vital legislation to provide safe, healthy, and inclusive school climates.
WASHINGTON – Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on President Biden’s latest slate of judicial nominations, including the nominations of Arianna Freeman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Tiffany Cartwright to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, Nusrat Choudhury and Natasha Merle to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, among others:
WASHINGTON — Leading civil rights organizations released the following joint statement urging senators to be on the right side of history and pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act: