Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) released a Framework for Public Safety calling on federal, state, and local officials to act swiftly on interventions that will build safe and sustainable communities free from police violence. Year after year, police killings of Black people in America continue to occur with alarming frequency. The recent killings of […]
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released a report evaluating the record of United States Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, in keeping with our longstanding tradition of outlining the background, judicial philosophy, and judicial record of Supreme Court nominees, with a focus on the nominee’s record on civil rights and racial […]
Friday, June 5, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released a list of demands to governors, mayors, and police chiefs for the protection of protesters. The recent killings of Black Americans, including Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, by former and current police officers have further exposed the need for immediate police accountability […]
Thursday, January 16, 2025 | news
As the Senate holds a confirmation hearing of Pamela “Pam” Jo Bondi for Attorney General of the United States, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today is releasing a comprehensive report detailing her troubling record on civil rights and voting rights, her blind allegiance to President-elect Trump, and her efforts to undermine the integrity of the […]
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 | case-update
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has released “Redrawing the Lines: The Impact of Redistricting on African-American Political Power” — a public education tool that provides an overview of redistricting and details the central role of the Voting Rights Act in protecting minority voting rights during the process. The palm card is part of LDF’s […]
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | news
For Election Day 2015, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF) continues its annual “Prepared to Vote” public education campaign, designed to empower voters. LDF attorneys will be on the ground in Houston and in Waller County, Texas to ensure that voters in those counties are equipped with information, including the parameters of […]
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s premature declaration of victory: “President Trump’s decision to declare victory and spread misinformation as votes continue to be counted in this election is an outrageous act of voter suppression. LDF unreservedly rejects this […]
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | news
Today marks the fifty-seventh anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, a case litigated by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (“LDF”) and considered one of the most important in the nation’s history. Many Americans understand that the Brown decision was no simple feat, but instead the culmination […]
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 | page
There Then, Here Now: Reflecting on the Voting Rights Landscape a Decade After Shelby County v. Holder Four LDF Attorneys Share Their Perspectives on the Case’s Impact and the Way Forward By Ella Wiley Senior Communications Associate On June 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court disarmed the most effective provision in the Voting Rights Act […]
Thursday, June 27, 2024 | news
Today, the Supreme Court has ruled that it prematurely granted review of Moyle v. United States and United States v. Idaho, a case involving whether an Idaho law trumps the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act’s (EMTALA) long-standing requirements to provide critical abortion care to patients suffering emergency pregnancy complications. The Court’s opinion did not […]
