Tuesday, June 17, 2014 | news
It’s been nearly one year since the Supreme Court declared on June 25, 2013 in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder that states with a history of chronic racial discrimination no longer needed to get Justice Department approval for changes to voting rules under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. As a result of that […]
Monday, September 8, 2014 | news
The second week of testimony begins today in the voter ID trial in United States v. Texas, a federal challenge to Texas’s discriminatory photo ID law, Senate Bill 14. In this case with important national implications, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and its co-counsel law firm Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and […]
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 | news
On Oct. 10, the justices will hear arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, in which a rejected white applicant to the school challenges the admissions practices, which include race as a factor. It will be the first time since a 2003 case involving the University of Michigan that the high court will […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
On October 24, 2008, LDF settled a lawsuit filed just two days earlier, and designed to protect the voting rights of foreclosure victims. The suit, Herring v. Marion County Election Board, was filed in Indiana state court to ensure that eligible voters who may have faced the threat of foreclosure could not have their right to […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
On September 17, 2008, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Williams v. Allen, 542 F.3d 1326 (11th Cir. 2008), vacated the death sentence of LDF client, Herbert Williams, who had spent almost 20 years on Alabama’s death row. LDF litigated the case with co-counsel from Holland & Knight LLP. Former LDF Assistant Counsel, Miriam Gohara, […]
Monday, December 7, 2020 | case-issue
The Legal Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), and the Michigan Poverty Law Program filed a federal class action lawsuit against Vision Property Management (Vision). The lawsuit was filed on behalf of financially challenged Detroit- and Flint-area residents to whom Vision promised a path to homeownership but […]
Monday, March 6, 2023 | news
Today, a hearing concluded in a battle that will determine the fate of a longstanding Louisiana Supreme Court seat, anchored in Orleans Parish, that was created as a result of a 1992 consent decree, and amended in 2000 to ensure Black voters in the state have an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. […]
Friday, May 13, 2022 | news
BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, a five-day evidentiary hearing for a preliminary injunction came to a close in Robinson v. Ardoin, the case challenging Louisiana’s congressional map as a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. At the hearing, civil rights groups presented their case for enjoining the discriminatory map which […]
Monday, January 30, 2017 | ldf-perspectives
By Elizabeth Olsson Senior Policy Associate The confirmation hearing of Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos did little to assuage our concerns about her fitness to serve. In fact, her testimony raised new apprehensions. It seems clear from her responses to questions presented by senators, Ms. DeVos is unaware of her legal obligations under critical federal […]
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 | news
Today, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitutional, Civil Rights, and Human Rights heard tesimony on “‘Stand Your Ground’” Laws: Civil Rights and Public Safety Implications of the Expanded Use of Deadly Force.” Click the link to read the testimony that was presented to the subcommittee from LDF.
