Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

LETTER: CONYERS & HOUSE JUDICIARY DEMS URGE GOODLATTE TO TAKE UP TRUMP’S PARDON OF SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO Read more »

MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS SEEK VOTE TO PROHIBIT FUNDS FROM BEING USED FOR TRUMP’S TRAVEL BAN Read more »

On Thursday, August 24, 2017, Representatives John Conyers, Jr., Sander Levin, Dan Kildee, Debbie Dingell, and Brenda Lawrence, filed an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill to prevent Federal funds from being used to implement key sections of President Trump’s travel ban. This includes the provisions known as the Muslim ban and the provisions that ... Read more »

LETTER: HOUSE JUDICIARY DEMOCRATS SEND LETTER TO CHAIRMAN GOODLATTE REQUESTING ACTION ON CHARLOTTESVILLE Read more »

Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA), ranking member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), ranking member of the House Committee on Judiciary, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), ranking member of the Senate ... Read more »

Detroit, MI– House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement in response to the news that Steve Bannon will no longer serve as White House Chief Strategist: “As I said in November, Steve Bannon is the standard-bearer for the worst instincts in American society. Whether Bannon personally trades in violence, racism, and bigotry - he allowed Br... Read more »

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) filed an amicus brief today in support of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s (CREW) effort to hold President Trump accountable for his ongoing violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause. Blumenthal and Conyers are the lead plaintiffs in a separate effort to compel the President to comply wi... Read more »

LETTER: SENSENBRENNER AND CONYERS URGE AG SESSIONS TO RECONSIDER DOJ POLICIES ON ASSET FORFEITURE Read more »

LETTER: MORE THAN 50 HOUSE JUDICIARY, ARMED SERVICES & LGBT EQUALITY CAUCUS DEMOCRATS URGE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE & JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF TO NOT COMPLY WITH TRUMP’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL TRANSGENDER BAN Read more »

More than 50 Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, Armed Services Committee, and the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus today wrote to Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. to urge that they not comply with any unconstitutional directive to ban transgender individuals from serving in the United States military. Today’s letter was ... Read more »