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Louisiana Legislature Overturns Governor’s Veto of Map Lacking a Second Majority-Black Congressional District; Civil Rights Groups File Suit Under Voting Rights Act

March 30, 2022 – Today, the Louisiana legislature voted to overturn Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto of the Congressional map passed earlier this year, which failed to add a second majority-Black district. In response, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Louisiana, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, […]

Louisiana Law Violates National Voter Registration Act, Imposes Unnecessary Burdens on Eligible Voters

Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) notified the Louisiana secretary of state on behalf of Voice of the Experienced (VOTE), the NAACP Louisiana State Conference, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana (LWVLA), […]

Louisiana Defaulting on Federal Obligation to Register Low-Income Residents

Project Vote and NAACP Legal Defense Fund Put Secretary of State Tom Schedler on Notice of Voting Rights Violations  BATON ROUGE, LA – Citing clear evidence that numerous low-income Louisiana residents have been denied the opportunity to register to vote, attorneys from Project Vote, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and New […]

Louisiana Congressional Map with Two Majority-Black Districts Set for 2024 Elections After Supreme Court Issues Emergency Stay

CONTACT:  Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU National, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency stay today in Robinson v. Callais, pausing enforcement of a district court’s decision to strike down Louisiana’s congressional map as a racial gerrymander. With the stay in place, Louisiana voters will be able to cast their ballots […]

Louisiana Congressional Map with Two Majority-Black Districts Honors Both VRA and Constitution and Should Remain, LDF Argues at Supreme Court

CONTACT: Troi Barnes, LDF, 929-736-1528, tbarnes@naacpldf.org Ella Wiley, ACLU, ewiley@aclu.org Ali DeFazio, ACLU of Louisiana, media@laaclu.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) argued before the Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais that a congressional map that was in place during the 2024 election cycle should remain because it satisfies both the Voting […]

Louisiana Bill Would Provide Black Voters in Terrebonne Parish the Opportunity to Elect Judges of Their Choice

Related Case or Issue: Terrebonne Parish Branch NAACP, et al. v. Jindal, et al.   Today, Rep. Randal L. Gaines, Chair of Louisiana’s Legislative Black Caucus, introduced legislation, House Bill (H.B.) 861, to change the way that judges are elected to the 32nd Judicial District Court (32nd JDC), the state court that presides over Terrebonne Parish. […]

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Louis H. Pollak, Civil Rights Advocate and Federal Judge, Dies at 89

Louis H. Pollak, a federal judge and former dean of two prestigious law schools who played a significant role in major civil rights cases before the Supreme Court, including the landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case, died on Tuesday at his home in Philadelphia. He was 89. The cause was congestive heart failure, […]

Looking Ahead: Furthering Fair Housing in Los Angeles County

Part 1 AFFH in Context Part 2 Striking a Balance Part 3 Connecting the Dots Part 4 Best Practices Part 5 Looking Ahead Part 5 Looking Ahead The Los Angeles County Experience: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing in America’s Largest County By Julián Castro Senior Fellow, the Legal Defense Fund’s Thurgood Marshall Institute When the Obama […]

Loitering Rules in Projects Are Too Vague, Judge Says

A federal judge in Manhattan declared on Thursday that the rules against loitering in public housing complexes were unconstitutionally vague, and gave the police too much discretion about whom to arrest. The ruling by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of Federal District Court in Manhattan allowed a lawsuit challenging police arrests for trespassing in housing projects […]