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Dignity in Schools Campaign, LDF, Local Advocates Announce Recommendations for Mississippi State Education Plan
6/16/17
Dignity in Schools Campaign, Legal Defense Fund, Local Advocates Announce Recommendations for Mississippi State Education Plan
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LDF’s Kyle Barry Breaks Down Civil Rights Views of Judicial Nominees in Politico Magazine
6/14/17Source:Politico MagazineWednesday’s confirmation hearing for three of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees may lack the intrigue of James Comey’s blockbuster testimony, but for anyone who cares about the integrity and independence of America’s courts, the stakes could hardly be higher. The hearing will illustrate how Trump is advancing an anti-civil rights agenda—not just through executive orders and agency actions, but by attempting to alter the makeup of the judiciary.
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LDF Files Amicus Brief in Circuit Court Defending Voting Rights Act
6/14/17LDF Files Amicus Brief in Circuit Court Defending Voting Rights Act
This week, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed an amicus brief in the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
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Terrebonne Parish: LDF’s Post-Voting Rights Trial Findings
6/09/17The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed our proposed post-trial findings of fact and conclusions of law in pursuit of a seat for Black people on the state court that serves them in Terrebonne, Louisiana. The facts established at a two-part trial in March and April 2017, and applicable law, confirm that vote dilution exists in Terrebonne due to Louisiana's maintenance of at-large voting for the 32nd Judicial District, the state court at issue, since 1968. Plaintiffs in this case are the Terrebonne NAACP, Rev.
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The Advocate: We Still Need Majority-Minority Judicial Sub-Districts
6/09/17Source:The AdvocateMore than 20 years later, I remain of the view that the report’s findings, including on the importance of ensuring diversity through electoral subdistricts, continues to resonate today. For example, in Terrebonne Parish, a federal lawsuit seeks to create a majority-black subdistrict to elect one judge of the 32nd Judicial District Court, the state court there. Between 1968, when the 32nd JDC was created, and 2014, when the lawsuit was filed, no black person had ever served on that court.