Tuesday, May 17, 2011 | news
Louisiana is being sued for alleged non-compliance with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF), Project Vote and several private persons. The lawsuit, filed on April 19, alleges Louisiana has failed to give ample opportunity for low-income and minority voters to register by failing to follow the required […]
Thursday, March 3, 2011 | news
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, or GLAD, is arguing that it is unconstitutional to discriminate against gay couples who are already legally married. It hopes its incremental approach will lead to a broader ruling by the Supreme Court. Two years ago, a small and little-known civil rights group in Boston launched a legal attack […]
Friday, November 5, 2010 | news
It hasn't gotten a lot of press, but a case involving AT&T that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court next week has sweeping ramifications for potentially millions of consumers. If a majority of the nine justices vote the telecom giant's way, any business that issues a contract to customers — such as for credit cards, […]
Thursday, December 22, 2016 | news
With Senator Jeff Sessions’s Attorney General nomination set for a confirmation hearing next month, he and President-elect Trump’s transition team have tried to rebrand his image into one of civil rights hero, asserting, without evidence, that Sessions has a “strong civil rights record.” Yet throughout his entire career, Sessions has been openly hostile to civil rights […]
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 | staff
Kristina Roth serves as Senior Policy Associate Prior to joining LDF, Kristina led the Criminal Justice Program at Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) as Senior Advocate. At AIUSA, she worked regularly with grassroots activists, impacted communities, fellow advocates, elected officials, and other top stakeholders at the state and federal levels to further human rights in domestic law. She […]
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | news
Hear Kristen Clarke, Co-Director of LDF’s Political Participation Group, discuss the importance of Section 5 of the VRA with Mimi Rosenberg on “Wake Up Call.” Listen here. (Interview begins at 25:00)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | case-update
On December 15, 2010, Kristen Clarke, Co-Director of LDF’s Political Participation Group, discussed the importance of Section 5 of the VRA with Mimi Rosenberg on WBAI’s “Wake Up Call” program. Ms. Clarke emphasized the continued need for voting check-points, as provided by Section 5, in many states and jurisdictions with histories of voter discrimination throughout […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Kristen A. Johnson serves as Assistant Counsel. Kristen’s practice is primarily focused on litigation in all of LDF’s practice areas, though she also uses other advocacy strategies to advance racial justice. Kristen represents 4 Black and Latina girls in middle school who were illegally strip-searched by school officials (I.S., et al. v. Binghamton City School […]
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 | news
Natasha M. Korgaonkar, assistant counsel in the Political Participation Group, writes in today’s US News & World Report that “Texas’ Voter ID Laws Are Plain and Simple Discrimination.” Along with two democratic representatives from Texas, she argues that the Justice Department is absolutely correct to sue Texas over its blatantly discriminatory Voter ID laws. “In […]
Monday, August 12, 2013 | news
“We’ve had a lot of people writing in about changes and that’s been a really great thing,” Natasha Korgaonkar, assistant counsel in NAACP LDF’s Political Participation Group, told POLITICO. “We’re also keeping our eyes and ears out. Some of the smallest changes that are harder to ascertain from afar are some of the most devastating, […]
