Monday, April 21, 2014 | case-update
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the NAACP (two separate entities) have jointly filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Bostic v. Schaefer, a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit that seeks to overturn Virginia’s marriage ban. The groups call for marriage equality for lesbians and gay men by invoking the principles […]
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Muslim Advocates commend the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) decision to release a Passengers’ Right to Fly Free from Discrimination and guidelines for airlines, reaffirming that federal law prohibits discrimination against airline passengers on the basis of race and/or religion. […]
Saturday, April 29, 2017 | news
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered a preliminary injunction to immediately halt Harris County’s practice of jailing people charged with misdemeanors solely because they are unable to pay bail. On March 31, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis filed an […]
Friday, March 31, 2017 | news
NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis File Brief Urging Immediate End to Wealth-Based Bail for People Charged with Misdemeanors in Harris County The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis filed an amicus brief in the United States District Court for the Southern District […]
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 | news
NAACP Legal Defense Fund and a Coalition of Organizations Committed to Advancing Constitutional Policing Send Letter to OMB on the President’s Proposed Budget Read a PDF of our statement here.
Sunday, December 21, 2014 | news
Statement of NAACP Legal Defense Fund & Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Today’s fatal shooting of two police officers in New York is shocking and tragic. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law extend their condolences to the families and colleagues of both officers, and we […]
Monday, October 15, 2018 | case-issue
UPDATE: On January 15, 2019, in a case brought by other groups, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York ruled against the Trump administration’s plan to add a citizenship status question to the 2020 census, rejecting the administration’s transparent attempts to deceptively frame the question as a defense of voting rights. […]
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 | news
On July 29, members of Congress introduced the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act, which prohibits the use of federal funds to hire, train, or retain law enforcement officers at the nation’s preK-12 schools. The bill also creates a $2.5 billion grant program to school districts that want to replace school police with school staff such […]
Thursday, February 23, 2017 | news
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Statement on Voting Rights in TexasTexans Denied Access to Ballot Deserve Justice Motion for Continuance Denied. Read the order here. Read the PDF of our statement here. Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) and co-counsel WilmerHale, along with other co-counsel groups, have filed an objection to a […]
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 | news
Read the PDF version of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Says Courts Should Instruct Juries on Racial Bias in Eyewitness Identifications Arguments in Cross-Racial Identification Case, People v. Boone, to Start on April 25 The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), along with other members of the New York legal […]
