Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | case-issue
On April 30 2020, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a lawsuit against Attorney General William Barr, the United States Department of Justice, the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice (“Commission”), and the chair and vice chair of this Commission. Our suit challenges the creation of the Commission – […]
Monday, May 20, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today joined an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case about the standards for lawful searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment. In Sievers v. Nebraska, the Nebraska Supreme Court conflated “suspicion-based” searches and seizures, which require probable cause or reasonable suspicion of […]
Friday, June 20, 2025 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) submitted formal comments to the U.S. Department of Education (ED), expressing strong opposition to two of the agency’s three proposed supplemental priorities for federal grantees. LDF urges ED to abandon these proposals and reinstate its 2021 priorities, which more robustly addressed expansion of access, racial equity, investments in public […]
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Urges Trump Administration to Keep School Discipline Guidance and Disband Commission In response to the Parkland shooting, the Trump Administration is creating a Commission that is reportedly charged with repealing the school discipline guidance the Departments of Education and Justice released in 2014. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel […]
Monday, November 20, 2023 | news
Today, LDF sent a letter to address the first-ever exploratory proceeding concerning an alleged violation of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (the “NYVRA”) initiated by the Town of Mount Pleasant (the “Town”). On July 13, 2023, a group of individual Hispanic voters sent the Town an NYVRA notification letter alleging […]
Saturday, May 29, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) urged Texas legislators to vote down the Conference Committee Report on Senate Bill 7 (S.B. 7) in its entirety. LDF previously sent testimony to the Senate State Affairs Committee and the House Elections Committee urging them to vote down S.B. 7 because it would further […]
Monday, February 4, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter today to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing strong opposition to the confirmation of William Barr to serve as Attorney General of the United States. LDF is calling on Committee members to reject Mr. Barr’s nomination based on his long anti-civil rights record as well as […]
Monday, September 23, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) opposes actions that could harm students at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs). On Thursday, September 19, despite passage in the U.S. House of Representatives and bipartisan support in the Senate, Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senator […]
Thursday, September 22, 2022 | news
As the New York City Districting Commission prepares to consider Preliminary Plan #1 for the post-2020 census redistricting cycle, the Legal Defense Fund sent a letter urging the Commission to revisit this map to ensure that redistricting policies do not dilute the voting power of Black, Latino, and Asian communities, and accurately reflect New York […]
Friday, May 10, 2019 | news
Today, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Senior Deputy Director of Litigation Jin Hee Lee will provide testimony at a New York State Assembly hearing on proposed measures to make the admissions process for New York City’s Specialized High Schools more equitable for qualified students of color. In her testimony, Ms. Lee will […]
