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Kristen M. Clarke (born 1975) [1] is an American attorney who has served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the United States Department of Justice since May 2021. Clarke previously served as president of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law .
The leader of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, Kristen Clarke, said in an extraordinary personal statement shared with CNN that she was a victim of years-long domestic abuse and ...
She was confirmed by a 51-48 vote in the Senate and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine was the only Republican to vote in favor of Clarke's nomination. Kristen Clarke becomes first Black woman to head ...
The post DOJ’s Kristen Clarke could be secret weapon to Biden-Harris reelection appeared first on TheGrio. ... As the Biden-Harris administration works to shore up the Black vote in 2024 amid ...
The division was established on December 9, 1957, by order of Attorney General William P. Rogers, after the Civil Rights Act of 1957 created the head office of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights (AAG-CR; appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate). In 2021, Kristen Clarke became the first woman confirmed to the position.
Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States (2021–present) (under whom Harris serves as vice president), 47th Vice President of the United States (2009–2017), U.S. Senator from Delaware (1973–2009), former 2024 Democratic presidential candidate [3]
A request for an investigation into the voter registration probe is being submitted to Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for civil rights with the U.S. Department of Justice, the group's ...
On April 6, 2017, when considering the nomination of Neil Gorsuch, in a party-line vote the Republican Senate majority invoked the so-called "nuclear option", voting to reinterpret Senate Rule XXII and change the cloture vote threshold for Supreme Court nominations to a simple majority of senators present and voting.