Friday, February 25, 2022 | news
Today, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court to fill the upcoming vacancy due to the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, announcing the first nomination of a Black woman to the Supreme Court in its 232-year history. In response, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) […]
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General of the United States, the third-ranking position in the Department of Justice (DOJ). Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding Gupta’s confirmation: “We congratulate our friend and colleague, […]
Thursday, April 7, 2022 | news
Today, the United States Senate confirmed the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in a bipartisan 53-47 vote. Justice Jackson becomes the first Black woman ever to sit on the nation’s highest court. In response to today’s vote, Janai S. Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the […]
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Kristen Clarke as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding Clarke’s confirmation: “The confirmation of Kristen Clarke as Assistant Attorney General for Civil […]
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 | news
Today, Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan were found guilty in a federal hate crime trial of attempted kidnapping and willfully, by way of force and threat of force, injuring, intimidating, and interfering with Ahmaud Arbery’s rights because of Mr. Arbery’s race and color. The McMichaels were also found guilty of using a […]
Thursday, February 24, 2022 | news
Today, former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao were convicted for willfully depriving George Floyd of his liberty without due process while acting under color of law, including by failing to provide medical aid to him as he was being murdered by fellow officer Derek Chauvin. Former officers Kueng and […]
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 | news
Today, members of the United States Senate failed to reach an agreement on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “Last summer’s global protests were the culmination of decades of frustration and pain […]
Thursday, August 4, 2022 | news
Today, more than two years after Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers senselessly killed Breonna Taylor in her home, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged four current and former LMPD officers – Officer Joshua Jaynes, former Detective Kelly Goodlett, Officer Kyle Meany, and former Officer Brett Hankison – in connection with the execution […]
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 | news
Today, Travis McMichael was found guilty on all charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, including one count of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of false imprisonment, and one count of criminal attempt to commit a felony. One of his accomplices, Gregory McMichael, who is also […]
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Rep. Marcia Fudge as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding this confirmation vote: “We congratulate Congresswoman Fudge on today’s vote confirming her as the Secretary […]
