Thursday, December 10, 2020 | news
On July 14, 2020, the federal government carried out the first federal execution in nearly 20 years when it put Daniel Lewis to death. It was the first of three executions by the U.S. government within four days. Since then, two more people were executed in August, two in September, and another, Orlando Cordia Hall, […]
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 | news
Over the last few days, Haitian migrants near the southern border of Texas have faced heightened and shocking abuse from U.S. Border Patrol agents while attempting to seek asylum in the United States. Photos show agents on horses chasing and whipping Haitian migrants. In addition, the Biden administration has started deporting the migrants to Haiti, […]
Saturday, February 13, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump of the charge of incitement of insurrection following his second impeachment trial. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement regarding this vote: “Today’s vote acquitting former President Trump marks a deeply […]
Thursday, May 25, 2023 | news
Today marks three years since George Floyd was murdered. Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement: “Three years ago today, George Floyd was slowly tortured and killed by police in Minneapolis, sparking worldwide protests against racialized police violence. Since that day, his family has shown tremendous grace, commitment […]
Thursday, April 1, 2021 | news
Governor Ralph Northam has approved the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, a critical move to protect the right to vote for voters of color even as other states move to enact racially discriminatory voting legislation. Virginia’s adoption of this bill will make it the first state in the South to enact a state voting rights […]
Friday, September 23, 2022 | news
Yesterday, the United States House of Representatives passed a package of policing bills that included Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s Invest to Protect Act (H.R. 6448), which provides grant funding for law enforcement agencies for hiring and retention bonuses and overtime costs. H.R. 6448 also includes funding for certain types of law enforcement training, such as training […]
Monday, September 21, 2020 | news
Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement regarding the timeline for nominating a Supreme Court justice to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “We oppose any effort by President Trump and Senate Majority Leader McConnell to nominate and […]
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | news
Today, President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, bringing to a conclusion a century-long and multigenerational campaign to employ the federal government’s significant powers against lynching—a distinctly American form of anti-Black violence and terrorism. In response, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the […]
Sunday, June 26, 2022 | news
On Saturday, President Biden signed the Safer Communities Act into law, the first major federal gun safety legislation since the now-expired 1994 assault weapons ban. In response, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement: “The recent tragedies in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, helped advance decades of […]
Saturday, May 22, 2021 | news
Today, the Biden administration announced that it will restore Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which the Trump administration rescinded in 2017. TPS allows recipients from designated countries experiencing violence and conflict or natural disasters to stay and work in the United States. In January 2018, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed […]
