Friday, November 20, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), a non-partisan civil and human rights organization, filed a complaint on behalf of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and three Detroit residents in a lawsuit challenging President Trump and the Trump Campaign’s ongoing efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election by disenfranchising […]
Monday, April 14, 2025 | news
Madison County, Ala. — Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb filed a lawsuit against the Madison County Commission on behalf of the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP and two Black voters in Madison County, Veronica Curtis-Richie and Angela Curry. The suit challenges the current voting system, which […]
Friday, March 22, 2013 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined the U.S. Department of Justice and the Meridian Public School District in Meridian, Mississippi in filing a landmark consent decree that addresses harsh and unlawful school discipline policies that disproportionately targeted African-American students. Known as Barnhardt v. Meridian Municipal Separate School District, the case was […]
Thursday, February 20, 2014 | case-update
In American Insurance Association v. HUD, homeowner’s trade organizations are asking a federal court to strike a key provision of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA). LDF filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of robust enforcement mechanisms available under the FHA. As LDF’s brief makes clear, our nation has a long history of shameful, and often purposefully […]
Friday, January 13, 2012 | news
Today, LDF filed a “friend of the court” brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Department of Health & Human Services v. Florida. The brief urges the Court to uphold the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the landmark health care legislation passed by Congress in 2010, which has been challenged on constitutional […]
Friday, January 13, 2012 | case-update
Today, LDF filed a “friend of the court” brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Department of Health & Human Services v. Florida. The brief urges the Court to uphold the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the landmark health care legislation passed by Congress in 2010, which has been […]
Thursday, May 11, 2017 | news
LDF Files Freedom of Information Act Requests in Response to Voter Fraud Commission The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in response to the executive order filed earlier today […]
Thursday, October 12, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Files FOIA Requests with St. Louis-Area Law Enforcement Agencies Concerning Police Actions at Ongoing Protests The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), the St. Louis County Police Department, the Richmond […]
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 | news
The Department of Education (ED) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) play an important role in the protection of students’ rights as federal law requires them to enforce key civil rights protections. As we have seen far too often, students of color and students with disabilities are disproportionately disciplined — often for discretionary offenses, such […]
Friday, July 17, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to determine what, if any, authority U.S. Attorney General William Barr had to deploy individuals […]
