Tuesday, November 29, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund and other civil rights groups filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court opposing a request from the State of Texas that the Court take up, at this time, Texas’ ongoing efforts to implement its discriminatory voting scheme. “There is no need at this time for the Supreme Court […]
Thursday, October 29, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the National Urban League (NUL), and the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” on the grounds that it violates the guarantees of Free Speech, Equal Protection, and Due Process – […]
Thursday, September 27, 2012 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), LatinoJustice PRLDEF and The Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College filed a federal civil rights complaint on behalf of a broad coalition of New York education, civil rights and social justice organizations challenging the admissions process at New York City’s elite public “Specialized High […]
Thursday, November 29, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter today to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to voice concern over reports that some Senate leaders are considering reducing the number of members on the Senate Judiciary Committee for the incoming Congress. The letter expresses apprehension that […]
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | case-update
ayette County, Georgia—Today, in an important voting case, a federal court struck down, as violative of the Voting Rights Act, Fayette County’s discriminatory at-large method of electing members to the County Board of Commissioners and County Board of Education. In the case, Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al. v. Fayette County Board of Commissioners, […]
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 | case-update
After 23 years on Texas’ death row, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) client Mariano Rosales was granted a new trial on Friday, December 12, 2008. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas vacated Mr. Rosales’ capital conviction and death sentence because his trial prosecutors improperly excluded African American […]
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 | case-update
Court Rules in Favor of New Sentencing Hearing for LDF Client Duane Buck Today, the United States Supreme Court unequivocally condemned the injection of racial bias into the capital sentencing hearing of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) client, Duane Buck. In Buck v. Davis, the Supreme Court, by a vote of 6-2, […]
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Wins Major Victory in United States Supreme Court Court Rules in Favor of New Sentencing Hearing for LDF Client Duane Buck Today, the United States Supreme Court unequivocally condemned the injection of racial bias into the capital sentencing hearing of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational […]
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 | news
Statement of Ryan P. Haygood, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Attorney Who Made Closing Arguments at Trial for Plaintiff-Intervenors “Today’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals allowing Texas’s intentionally discriminatory photo ID law to be used in the upcoming elections does not engage the overwhelming weight of the District Court’s factual findings. While the Fifth Circuit’s […]
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 | news
Todd Cox, Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., issued the following statement in response to the Senate confirmation yesterday of seven of President Trump’s district court nominees: “The seven judges confirmed yesterday will all sit on the federal bench for life, giving them the power to shape American jurisprudence […]
