Tuesday, January 14, 2020 | news
Today the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Senator Lindsey Graham, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member, Senator Dianne Feinstein opposing the nomination of Andrew Brasher to a seat on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. LDF’s opposition to Judge Brasher’s confirmation is based on his decades-long record […]
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 | news
In a Comment Letter on Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander’s Discussion Draft of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, LDF urges the Chairman to retain the important federal oversight role in education. As the organization that litigated Brown v. Board of Education over sixty years ago, LDF urges […]
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 | case-update
In a Comment Letter on Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander’s Discussion Draft of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, LDF urges the Chairman to retain the important federal oversight role in education. As the organization that litigated Brown v. Board of Education over sixty years ago, LDF urges the Committee to not […]
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 | news
In testimony submitted today to a Senate committee reviewing militarization of state and local law enforcement, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) called for structural reforms to ensure police accountability and the demilitarization of local law enforcement, including in America’s public schools. The presence of military-style weapons in K-12 public schools, LDF […]
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 | case-update
As the organization that litigated Brown v. Board of Education over sixty years ago, LDF has led the charge in advancing equal educational opportunity in our nation’s public schools. As Chief Justice Warren noted in the Brown opinion, “education is the very foundation of good citizenship.” In a globally competitive economy, quality education is an imperative. However, many students of […]
Thursday, January 22, 2015 | news
As the organization that litigated Brown v. Board of Education over sixty years ago, LDF has led the charge in advancing equal educational opportunity in our nation’s public schools. As Chief Justice Warren noted in the Brown opinion, “education is the very foundation of good citizenship.” In a globally competitive economy, quality education is an imperative. […]
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund sent a letter opposing Ben Carson’s nomination for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to Senators Michael Crapo and Sherrod Brown, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Read the full letter here.
Tuesday, January 24, 2017 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund sent a letter opposing Ben Carson’s nomination for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to Senators Michael Crapo and Sherrod Brown, the Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the U.S. Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Read the full letter here.
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed by President Obama on December 10, 2015. This bipartisan measure reauthorizes the 50-year-old Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the nation’s national education law, and renews its longstanding commitment to equal opportunity for all students. The ESEA was a landmark civil rights law that has helped to […]
Monday, April 13, 2015 | case-update
LDF urges Rhode Island to end prison based gerrymandering, the practice of counting incarcerated people as residents of the prison facilities where they are held rather than at their pre-arrest home communities for purposes of redistricting. Pending legislation to end prison-based gerrymandering in Rhode Island will help bring the state’s redistricting process into greater conformity with the fundamental principles of […]
