Survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre appeared at a hearing marking the centennial of the 1921 attack in which a white mob attacked residents, homes, and businesses in a predominantly Black T…
12,519 viewsVoting rights advocates testified on voter issues including redistricting, suppression efforts and voter identification laws during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil…
143 viewsHouse Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) testified at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution hearing on his proposed legislation, H.R. 301, which would designate the song “Lift E…
566 viewsAssistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, civil rights leaders, and law professors testified at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the 1965 Voting Rights Act. They discussed several …
1,292 viewsLegal experts testified on voting rights and election integrity issues before a virtual hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. More specifically, they examined the …
699 viewsThe House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties examined evictions during the coronavirus pandemic. The hearing focused primarily on the Centers for D…
432 viewsThe House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a virtual oversight hearing on the Voting Rights Act. A panel of civil rights and election law experts…
502 viewsThe House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing to address discrimination and violence against Asian Americans. At the start, members t…
2,623 viewsHilary Shelton with the NAACP in Washington, D.C., and former NFL football player Herschel Walker, and other prominent African Americans testified at a hearing on slavery reparations. The Ho…
6,347 viewsLegal experts testified at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on a president’s clemency power and when it can be used under the Constitution. Topics included a president’s authority, the…
651 viewsWitnesses testified on the legacy and future of the Americans with Disabilities Act 20 years after its enactment.
578 viewsWitnesses testified about the USA PATRIOT Act focusing on portions of the Act being considered for re-authorization and renewal. Among the topics they addressed were the use of wiretaps, ope…
830 viewsWitnesses testified about the use of, and potential revisions to, the State Secret Protection Act. Among the topics they addressed were the use of executive privilege, the use of the act dur…
338 viewsTwo House Judiciary Committee Subcommittees held a joint hearing to examine civil rights abuses committed by state and local police functioning as federal immigration agents. Topics included…
1,341 viewsWitnesses testified about election procedures, voting machine technology, operations by state and local registrars, as well as accuracy and accountability issues in preparation for the 2008 …
494 viewsA hearing was held about the role Bush administration lawyers played in creating, developing, and implementing interrogation policies for the war on terrorism of detainees in U.S. custody an…
1,583 viewsWitnesses testified about the role of administration lawyers in the formulation of detainee interrogation policy at Guantanamo Bay. Questions focused on the witnesses' participation in the d…
4,885 viewsA hearing was held to evaluate the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 by the Department of Justice and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to curtail discrimination in h…
1,187 viewsWitnesses testified about prisoner treatment at detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as well as authorization of enhanced interrogation techniques by U.S. government officials. Amon…
976 viewsLegal scholars testified about the detention to terror suspects by the U.S., treatment of detainees, and legal opinions received by the Bush administration on interrogation methods for detai…
1,206 views
