Wednesday, July 20, 2016 | case-update
Today, the harshest, most restrictive photo ID law in the country met its match when the full United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a lower court determination that Senate Bill 14 (SB 14), Texas’s discriminatory photo ID law, violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. […]
Friday, July 26, 2019 | news
LDF Applauds the Court for Ordering a Remedy That Serves as Long-Awaited Relief for Black Voters Nearly two years after a federal trial court found that Louisiana’s use of at-large voting for electing five judges to a state court with jurisdiction over Terrebonne Parish violates the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution, the NAACP […]
Thursday, February 16, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Applauds Decision of Washington Supreme Court in Favor of Same-Sex Couple Seeking Wedding Floral Arrangements Today, the Washington Supreme Court issued a ruling in State v. Arlene’s Flowers, Inc., declaring that a florist’s refusal to provide arrangements for a same-sex couple’s […]
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is pleased that President Obama has nominated three distinguished individuals to fill longstanding vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. LDF has repeatedly called upon President Obama and the Senate to expeditiously nominate and confirm judges who bring racial and professional diversity to the […]
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | news
Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Legal Defense Fund (LDF) alumnus and long-serving civil rights attorney Dale Ho to the Southern District of New York. In November 2021, LDF sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Ho’s nomination, highlighting that his extensive career litigating and overseeing voting rights work – including arguing […]
Thursday, February 12, 2015 | news
LDF applauded today’s unanimous vote by the House of Representatives to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the foot soldiers who participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches. The bill seeks to recognize all those who participated in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday or the final Selma to Montgomery March. Although hundreds of protestors from around […]
Friday, March 14, 2014 | news
This week the United States Congress introduced critically important new legislation, the Fair Employment Protection Act. The measure, introduced by Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) in the Senate, and Representatives George Miller (D-CA) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) in the House of Representatives, seeks to restore workplace protections against unlawful harassment that were […]
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 | news
(Washington, DC) — The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) applauds the U.S. Senate’s vote this afternoon to confirm James E. Graves, Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The Fifth Circuit is the federal appellate court for Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. James Graves is the first African-American judge […]
Friday, February 28, 2014 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) congratulated Judge Andre Davis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit as he steps down from active service today. Judge Davis is the first and only African American to represent Maryland on the Fourth Circuit, which includes Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and […]
Thursday, May 24, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today appealed the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s (NYDA) failure to respond to a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request for materials related to New Yorkers’ inclusion in NYDA’s gang database(s). FOIL requires New York City agencies to respond to a records request […]
