Monday, October 25, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate confirmed Myrna Pérez to serve on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. An exceptional voting rights attorney who is intimately familiar with election law, Judge Pérez becomes the only Latina sitting on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court. In response to Judge Pérez’s confirmation, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel […]
Thursday, December 2, 2021 | news
Yesterday, during oral argument at the Supreme Court for the Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization case, Mississippi’s Solicitor General and several Justices invoked Brown v. Board of Education, which overruled Plessy v. Ferguson and brought an end to state-sanctioned racial segregation, as a potential justification for overruling Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, […]
Saturday, February 5, 2022 | news
On Wednesday, police officers in the Minneapolis Police Department’s (MPD) SWAT team executed a no-knock warrant at a residential address in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during which Officer Mark Hanneman fatally shot a 22-year-old Black man, Amir Locke, seconds after entering the home where he lay sleeping. Mr. Locke was not named in the search warrant. In […]
Saturday, April 10, 2021 | news
This week, the Maryland General Assembly passed a number of bills aimed at addressing long-standing accountability and transparency issues in law enforcement. These bills amend the Maryland Public Information Act to allow the disclosure of police disciplinary records; repeal the Law Enforcement Bill of Rights; establish an advisory board that will issue recommendations on the […]
Tuesday, January 5, 2021 | news
Today, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced that his office would not seek charges against Kenosha police officer Rusten Sheskey, who shot and paralyzed Jacob Blake on Aug. 23, 2020. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “Our thoughts are […]
Friday, June 25, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it is suing the state of Georgia over S.B. 202, its recently-passed voter suppression law. The DOJ is charging the state with violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by passing legislation to make it disproportionately harder for Black voters and other voters of color […]
Saturday, September 26, 2020 | news
Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court: “President Trump’s decision to announce a nominee to fill the seat of the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is unacceptable. […]
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate confirmed Jia Cobb to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. With her confirmation, Judge Cobb is now only the fourth Black woman ever appointed to this Court. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued […]
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 | news
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a much-needed piece of legislation aimed at protecting the right to vote. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement: “We commend the House of Representatives […]
Thursday, November 5, 2020 | news
Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement regarding attempts to intimidate ballot counters in multiple states: “As election officials have continued to work tirelessly through a second night in multiple states to ensure that every vote is counted, alarming incidents of intimidation […]
