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NAACP LDF Urges Supreme Court to Strike DOMA
3/01/13(New York, NY) The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted a friend-of-the-court brief today to the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Windsor asking the Court to hold the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. LDF’s brief urges the Court to apply heightened scrutiny to the law because it intentionally relegates gays and lesbians to inferior social status.
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Will Sotomayor Get Her Wish for Unbiased Law?
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LDF Director Counsel Describes Scene at Argument in Shelby
2/28/13Source:The RootSCOTUS Dispatch: 'Hush Fell' Over Courtroom
Your Take: A civil rights lawyer's view of the scene as the high court heard a voting-rights case.
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LDF Director-Counsel Discusses Oral Argument in VRA Case with MSNBC Host Andrea Mitchell
2/27/13Source:Andrea Mitchell ReportsMSNBC host Andrea Mitchell interviewed Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill outside the Supreme Court today after oral argument in Shelby County, Ala. v.
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LDF Director-Counsel Explains that Section 5 of the VRA Remains Vital Today
2/27/13Source:PBS NEWSHOURSherrilyn Ifill, LDF's Director-Counsel, appears on PBS NewsHour with host Judy Woodruff, and explains that Section 5, the "preclearance" section and heart of the Voting Rights Act, remains vital today. Section 5 protects the rights of voters of color who live in places with the worst and most persistent history of voting discrimination.