WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and All Voting is Local, with its joint And Still I Vote campaign, will hold a Facebook Live event on Tuesday, September 29 at 5:30 p.m. ET to encourage voters to make a plan to vote ahead of November 3. With a special guest from the Divine Nine, voting advocates will discuss how to request a mail ballot, vote in person during the pandemic, and options to vote early.
WASHINGTON – This evening, following President Trump’s announcement of his nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat, principals of four major civil and legal rights advocacy organizations held a press call outlining the significance of his pick, what’s at stake with the nomination, and the importance of opposing any nominee who will gut and overturn Roe. v. Wade and undermine the Affordable Care Act amidst a worldwide pandemic.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s announcement that he intends to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States:
WASHINGTON – On Saturday, September 26, at 6:30 pm ET, following President Trump’s announcement of his nomination for the Supreme Court, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Alliance for Justice, People For the American Way, and National Women’s Law Center will host a telephone press briefing to discuss the significance of his pick and the need for an independent and fair-minded justice. The speakers will reflect on what’s at stake with the nomination, as well as the importance of opposing any nominee who will gut and overturn Roe. v. Wade and undermine the Affordable Care Act—all amidst a worldwide pandemic.
WASHINGTON – In a CNN opinion piece, Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, lays out the rights and issues at stake by the Supreme Court vacancy. President Trump has promised to appoint a Supreme Court justice who would overturn the Affordable Care Act and Roe v. Wade. Republican senators know this is their best chance to achieve what they cannot do legislatively. That’s why Majority Leader McConnell is charging full steam ahead to confirm a third Trump Supreme Court justice without yet knowing who the nominee will be.
Today, as the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in repose at the nation’s highest court, leading national racial justice organizational leaders issued a joint statement on her legacy and the critical role of the Supreme Court in protecting civil rights. These leaders are:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the House Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing on the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Gupta previously ran the division under President Obama:
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement as the nation passes the tragic milestone of having lost 200,000 lives to COVID-19:
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