WASHINGTON – Kristine Lucius, executive vice president for policy and government affairs at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the confirmation of Damon Leichty to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Leichty refused to state that the U.S. Supreme Court correctly decided Brown v. Board of Education:
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference Education Fund today released key recommendations for ways in which policymakers can protect civil rights through higher education policy. The 10 policy briefs, based on The Education Fund’s 2018 civil rights principles, articulate the changes needed to create a higher education system that offers meaningful equal opportunity and success for all students, particularly the historically marginalized.
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference Education Fund will hold a policy briefing Thursday, July 11 at 2 p.m. ET to discuss our recently released policy recommendations for incorporating the Higher Education Civil Rights Coalition’s 10 civil rights principles into higher education legislation.
WASHINGTON – Kristine Lucius, executive vice president for policy and government affairs at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the Senate’s vote to advance the nomination of Daniel Bress to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit:
WASHINGTON – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and 57 other civil rights organizations filed a “friend of the court” brief today in a trio of cases before the Supreme Court. These combined cases, which the Court will consider next term, examine whether employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity are covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on Facebook’s civil rights audit:
WASHINGTON – In a Dallas Voice op-ed Kristine Lucius, executive vice president for policy and government affairs at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, brings to light the extreme anti-LGBTQ records of many of Trump’s judicial nominees, including Matthew Kacsmaryk, who the Senate recently confirmed to be a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the introduction of the bipartisan, bicameral bills to improve documentation of hate crimes: