Monday, May 25, 2020 | news
A federal court today blocked a South Carolina requirement that forced people who vote absentee to obtain a witness signature. The ruling, which applies to the June primary, makes it safer for South Carolinians to vote during the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational […]
Monday, June 6, 2022 | news
BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, a federal judge in Robinson v. Ardoin ruled in favor of Black voters challenging Louisiana’s newly enacted congressional map as a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The decision came after a week-long hearing in which Black Louisianians and civil rights groups presented their case […]
Thursday, April 24, 2025 | news
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of a certification requirement from the U.S. Department of Education that threatens schools with a loss of federal funding based on harmful misinterpretations of civil rights laws, threatening Black students’ equal access to a quality education. On April […]
Thursday, August 30, 2012 | news
Statement of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which represents the Texas League of Young Voters Education Fund and Black college students at Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern Universities who have intervened in the case: Ryan Haygood, Director of Political Participation Group at NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said: “The Court today recognized that Texas’s restrictive […]
Thursday, August 30, 2012 | case-update
“The Court today recognized that the Texas’s restrictive photo identification measure would harm minority voters. Texas adopted its measure in the face of a population explosion of people of color. In the past 10 years, Texas’ population has grown by 4 million people, 90 percent of which is attributable to minority growth. The increase in […]
Monday, January 24, 2022 | news
A federal court today struck down Alabama’s newly drawn congressional map. As a result of the preliminary injunction, the state Legislature must draft a new congressional map that complies with the Voting Rights Act by including two districts where Black voters have the opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. The ruling was issued by […]
Thursday, December 5, 2019 | news
On Wednesday, a federal district court gave final approval to a settlement resolving a lawsuit that challenged Target Corporation’s discriminatory criminal background screening policy. The class action lawsuit was filed by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP in the Southern District of New […]
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 | news
Today, a Kentucky district court denied a motion to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit against the City of Louisville, Kentucky, for the Louisville Metro Police Department’s (LMPD) repeated use of military-type force and intimidation in response to peaceful protesters demonstrating against police violence. The lawsuit, filed by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), […]
Friday, April 1, 2022 | news
Contacts: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Juan Martinez, media@naacpldf.org,212-965-2200 Asian Americans Advancing Justice|AAJC Michelle Boykins, mboykins@advancingjustice-aajc.org, 202-604-1760 Vivin Qiang, vqiang@advancingjustice-aajc.org, 202-780-9327 LatinoJustice PRLDEF Sarai Bejarano, sbejarano@latinojustice.org, 212-739-7581 Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit stayed an earlier decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia enjoining the race-neutral admissions […]
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 | case-update
Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Washington State’s law denying the vote to people with felony convictions is racially discriminatory and violates the Voting Rights Act (VRA). “This significant ruling recognizes that racial discrimination in Washington’s criminal justice system has infected the State’s political process,” said John Payton, LDF Director-Counsel. “The result […]
