Wednesday, June 2, 2021 | news
Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced that Damon Hewitt, a former attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), will serve as the organization’s next president and executive director. Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel, issued the following statement regarding this announcement: “We congratulate our friend and colleague, […]
Friday, November 19, 2021 | news
Today, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on three counts of first-degree reckless homicide, use of a dangerous weapon, and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, use of a dangerous weapon for the respective killings of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, as well as the shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz in August 2020. In response, NAACP Legal […]
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 | news
Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed voter suppression bill, S.B. 1, into law. The bill passed the Texas House and Senate during a second special legislative session called by the Governor after the regular session ended earlier this year. Among the measures that will impact voters of color, S.B. 1 reduces early voting hours and […]
Friday, July 23, 2021 | news
Earlier this week, Tarrant, Alabama, city councilmember Tommy Bryant was caught on video shouting “Do we have a house n***er in here?” in the direction of fellow councilmember Veronica Freeman. This comes one month after reports emerged that Bryant called the city’s first Black major, Waymon Newton, “boy.” In response, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of […]
Monday, January 24, 2022 | news
Today, the United States Supreme Court granted writs of certiorari in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC. From its inception, SFFA, led by Ed Blum, has sought to end the limited consideration of race within a holistic admissions process that fosters the educational benefits of diversity, which the Supreme Court […]
Thursday, January 27, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement regarding the retirement announcement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer: “We wish to recognize Justice Stephen Breyer for his nearly 30 years of distinguished service on the United States Supreme Court. Throughout his tenure, Justice Breyer combined a fierce and passionate […]
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 | news
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in Terry v. United States holding that the First Step Act does not permit people convicted and sentenced for offenses involving small amounts of crack-cocaine to be resentenced, if their conviction did not result in a mandatory-minimum sentence. In 2010, Congress passed the Fair Sentencing […]
Friday, August 27, 2021 | news
Late last night, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had exceeded its authority in establishing a nation-wide moratorium on the eviction of renters who are behind on their rent payments because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Lisa Cylar Barrett, Director of Policy, at the NAACP Legal Defense and […]
Friday, December 10, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Supreme Court permitted Texas abortion care providers the ability to challenge the state’s abortion law (S.B. 8) in federal court, but only on the narrowest grounds against state licensing officials. In addition, the Court denied a stay of the law, thereby allowing its enforcement to continue. S.B.8 prohibits doctors from providing […]
Thursday, September 2, 2021 | news
Late last night, a 5-4 majority of the United States Supreme Court issued an unsigned, one-paragraph opinion in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson allowing Texas’ new law banning the vast majority of abortions in the State to stand and, as a result, depriving millions of women of their constitutional rights. Texas’s law is both unconstitutional […]
