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Access to Courts
Much of our nation’s progress toward the Constitutional aspiration of a “more perfect Union” occurred because ordinary people have had ready access to litigate worthy but often novel or difficult-to-prove cases in our courts. Recently, however, a pair of Supreme Court...
MoreElementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization
Originally enacted in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Elementary and Second Education Act (ESEA) emphasizes equal access to education for all students and is the most expansive federal education legislation in history. The ESEA has been reauthorized numerous times, most recently...
MoreSupport of “H.R. 476, The Housing Fairness Act of 2009”
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has always been committed to strong and robust enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Toward that end, we have urged Congress to pass the Housing Fairness Act of 2009, H.R. 476. This legislation would broadly expand proven and effective...
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