Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | news
As the Senate continues considering President Trump’s nominees for key cabinet positions, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to members of Congress voicing its opposition to the potential confirmation of Linda McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education. The organization, which successfully litigated Brown v. Board of Education and continues to fight for Black […]
Wednesday, June 19, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Senators Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer expressing our strong opposition to the confirmation of Matthew Kacsmaryk to serve on the District Court for the Northern District of Texas. LDF is calling on Senate Judiciary Committee members to reject Mr. Kacsmaryk’s nomination based […]
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Opposes Confirmation of Judicial Nominee Mark Norris Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing our strong opposition to the confirmation of Mark Norris to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee. LDF […]
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing our strong opposition to the confirmation of Andrew Oldham to be U.S. Circuit Court Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. LDF is calling on Committee members to reject Mr. Oldham’s nomination based on his clear anti-civil rights […]
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | news
As the Senate Judiciary Committee considers the nomination of Harmeet Dhillon to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to Senate leadership outlining Ms. Dhillon’s troubling record and urging the Senate to reject her nomination. In the letter, LDF highlighted her attacks on civil rights protections, her […]
Friday, March 1, 2019 | news
As Maryland General Assembly committees continue to consider Senate Bill 793 and House Bill 1094, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted written testimony today opposing the bills, which would authorize Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to establish its own private police force based on a memorandum of understanding with the Baltimore Police […]
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has announced the opening of applications for the Marshall Motley-Scholars Program’s (MMSP) second cohort. Launched in January 2021, LDF’s groundbreaking commitment, the MMSP, will endow the South with the next generation of civil rights lawyers trained to provide legal advocacy of unparalleled excellence. The program is […]
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | news
In an op-ed for Central New Jersey’s largest publication, The Times of Trenton, LDF’s Director of Economic Justice ReNika Moore discusses the importance of the disparate impact provision of the Fair Housing Act, which the U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing next term in Township of Mount Holly, NJ v. Mount Holly Gardens Citizens in Action
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 | case-update
Before the 15 judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel, Janai Nelson, brilliantly laid out the argument that Texas’ voter ID law intentionally discriminates against minority voters. In two minutes she showed why: 1) SB 14’s proponents selected photo IDs that Blacks and Latinos were least likely to possess and purposefully rejected several […]
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 | news
Before the 15 judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, LDF’s Associate Director-Counsel, Janai Nelson, brilliantly laid out the argument that Texas’ voter ID law intentionally discriminates against minority voters. In two minutes she showed why: 1) SB 14’s proponents selected photo IDs that Blacks and Latinos were least likely to possess and […]
