Thursday, August 20, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) wrote the Dorchester County, South Carolina Board of Elections urging it to restore the polling site at Sand Hill United Methodist Church as the Delemars polling location for the November 2020 general election. The Delemars polling site location was moved from Sand Hill United Methodist […]
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | news
The Legal Defense Fund and the law firm of Arnold & Porter issued a letter today on behalf of their clients, students and families in Southlake, Texas, demanding that the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (OCR”) release the findings in its investigation of civil rights violations by the Carroll Independent School District (“CISD”) […]
Friday, October 27, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Urges Texas Secretary of State to Protect Voting Rights of Hurricane Harvey Victims The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a response to the Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos as follow-up to our October 12th letter urging him to prevent the disenfranchisement of eligible […]
Thursday, June 5, 2025 | news
On June 4, 2025, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter urging Texas Governor Abbott to veto Senate Bill 12 and Senate Bill 37, two restrictive bills in K-12 and higher education recently passed by the State legislature. In the letter, LDF Director of Strategic Initiatives Jin Hee Lee cites grave concerns that the […]
Thursday, October 3, 2024 | news
On October 3, 2024, LDF, the Texas Civil Rights Project and the ACLU of Texas, sent a letter urging Texas Attorney General Paxton to issue a statement condemning voter intimidation and violence and affirming his office’s commitment to ensuring that voters will be free to vote without fear this November. In light of evidence of […]
Friday, January 22, 2016 | news
Today, former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw received a sentence of 263 years for raping and sexually assaulting eight Black women while on duty. “In this case, justice, although late, was served,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF). “We thank the survivors of this […]
Monday, December 1, 2014 | news
Today, LDF sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, urging swift confirmation of Charlotte Burrows, nominee for Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and David Lopez, nominee for General Counsel of the EEOC. Leslie Proll, Director of LDF’s Washington office, writes that the EEOC has served on […]
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 | case-update
LDF has filed a merits brief urging the Supreme Court to affirm a lower court’s decision striking down a Michigan law that inhibits efforts to promote racial diversity at the state’s public universities. In 2006, opponents of diversity in higher education passed through Proposal 2, a ballot initiative that prohibits Michigan universities from considering race as […]
Friday, September 25, 2015 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the principle that states count every resident when apportioning legislative districts to ensure equal access to representation. The case, entitled Evenwel v. Abbott, involves a sweeping attempt to redefine how states undertake redistricting and […]
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 | news
September 11, 2018 | The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court arguing that the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of excessive fines applies to the states. The brief traces the history of the Fourteenth Amendment, showing that it was adopted in order to empower the federal government […]
