Wednesday, September 19, 2018 | news
Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson joins Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss Judge Kavanaugh’s upcoming confirmation vote.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | news
Democracy costs. To be sustained, it requires time, deliberation and constant vigilance. These costs are high enough. But some states are manufacturing additional costs to undermine our democracy. Texas’ dogged defense of its racially discriminatory voter ID law is a prime example. For the fourth time in three years, a federal court has declared Texas’s […]
Friday, February 28, 2020 | news
Source: Essence “These challenges and victories of the past decade — and the broader history of the struggle for racial justice in America — illustrate that we must hold fast to the belief that justice is achievable, even when the odds seem impossible and norms are pressure-tested. In those instances, it is especially necessary to […]
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 | news
How’s this for an axiom that is especially self-evident: An elected official should not oversee an election in which he is a candidate. Tell that to Georgia gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp, who is also the Georgia secretary of state and whose major responsibility is overseeing Georgia’s elections, including maintaining voter registration lists and certifying election results. […]
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | news
With Election Day just a week away, elected officials should be urging Americans to get out and vote and paving the way for them to exercise this fundamental right. Instead, far too many have done just the opposite, erecting barriers to the ballot and intimidating voters. If you want to understand the threats facing equal […]
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 | news
By: Jami Floyd Source: WNYC Listen as LDF Associate Director Counsel Janai Nelson joins Jami Floyd on WNYC to discuss Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, and how his replacement on the Supreme Court can shape the integrity of our justice system and the rule of law for years to come.
Sunday, July 15, 2018 | news
LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson joined Joy Reid on AM Joy with Matthew Miller, a former Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the Department of Justice, to talk about Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Saturday, June 30, 2018 | news
Watch LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson join David Gura on MSNBC to discuss Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, and how his replacement may endanger core civil rights issues.
Friday, May 6, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Batson v. Kentucky, a U.S. Supreme Court case that prohibits the exclusion of jurors based solely on their race as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Importantly, the case created a new legal standard and opportunity to […]
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 | news
Michael Brown was beating the odds. He made it through the minefield that can be the public education system in America; he graduated from Normandy High; he had no criminal record; and he was poised to enter technical school to learn a trade. So why was he buried last week after dying at the hands […]
