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What You Need to Know About Sen. Jeff Sessions
11/18/16NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Overview of the Civil Rights Record of Reported Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions
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LDF Senior Counsel Leah Aden on Texas Voter ID Law in Texas Tribune
11/18/16Five years ago, Texas passed one of the strictest Voter ID laws in the country. The legal fight began immediately and has continued through this day, with critics of the law getting some assistance from the Obama administration's Justice Department.
Now, with Republican Donald Trump set to ascend to the Oval Office, the law's future is more uncertain than ever. Among the questions up in the air: Whom will Trump nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court seat left vacant by Antonin Scalia's death, and how will a Trump-led Justice Department operate compared to the current administration?
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LDF’s Coty Montag in Mashable on Facebook and Ethnic Affinity Advertising
11/17/16Source:Mashable'Disturbing' — Civil rights groups take on Facebook over ad discrimination
When ProPublica revealed that Facebook allowed advertisers to target or exclude users by their "ethnic affinity," the social network at first doubled down on defending the practice.
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LDF Statement on Charges in Police Shooting Death of Philando Castile
11/17/16Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following statement regarding charges brought against the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last July:
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Leah Aden Discusses Voter Suppression in North Carolina in New Republic
11/16/16Source:New RepublicNorth Carolina’s War on Voters Is Heating Up