Tuesday, October 11, 2011 | news
(New York, NY) — Today the United States Supreme Court rejected a request from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office to overturn the most recent federal appeals court decision declaring Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death sentence unconstitutional. The Court’s decision brings to an end nearly thirty years of litigation over the fairness of the sentencing hearing that resulted […]
Monday, June 25, 2012 | case-update
Washington, DC – Today, the United States Supreme Court in Fletcher v. Lamone denied a request to consider a challenge to the constitutionality of Maryland’s landmark “No Representation Without Population Act.” In 2010, Maryland became the first state in the nation to pass legislation to end the practice of “prison-based gerrymandering,” which artificially inflated the voting strength of […]
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 | news
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Encourages Strong Federal Legislative Effort To Address School Discipline Policies (Washington, DC) – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) welcomes a Senate hearing today on “Ending the School to Prison Pipeline.” The hearing, before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, is the first […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) is nationally known for its heroic efforts during the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Less well-known is the decades-long struggle Black Americans have waged to open the FDNY to all men and women regardless of race. Jobs in the FDNY offer prestige, good pay, job security, and […]
Friday, November 1, 2013 | news
On October 31, 2013, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit took the shocking and extraordinary step of removing United States District Judge Shira Scheindlin from presiding over two groundbreaking policing cases, Floyd v. City of New York and Ligon v. City of New York. The appellate court’s action was prompted […]
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 | case-issue
On August 14 2020, a coalition of national civil rights organizations, including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL), LatinoJustice PRLDEF (LJP), and Law For Black Lives (L4BL), filed an amicus brief in opposition to police, firefighters, and corrections unions’ motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent disclosure […]
Friday, August 27, 2010 | case-update
via the Washington Post: IN NEW ORLEANS The massive government effort to repair the damage from Hurricane Katrina is fostering a stark divide as the state governments in Louisiana and Mississippi structured the rebuilding programs in ways that often offered the most help to the most affluent residents. The result, advocates say, has been an […]
Thursday, February 21, 2013 | news
LDF’s complaint regarding a Texas school district’s policy of issuing criminal misdemeanor tickets to students was featured in Education Week. The article includes a quote from LDF attorney Rachel Kleinman, Assistant Counsel of the Education Group: “Instead of ‘policing’ students, school districts should adopt proven alternatives to keep misbehavior in check without treating young people […]
Friday, August 22, 2014 | news
Choosing Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director–Counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., to address the large luncheon crowd at the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference last Thursday was a no-brainer. Yes, she is well equipped to tackle the ramifications of the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. As the seventh person […]
Monday, May 15, 2023 | news
CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org Ella Wiley, Legal Defense Fund, 212-965-2200, media@naacpldf.org WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today said it will hear an appeal to a ruling that ordered South Carolina to redraw its congressional map because the state’s Congressional District 1 discriminated against Black voters on the basis of race. The Legal […]
