Thursday, July 1, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Supreme Court held that a California law that requires nonprofit organizations to disclose major donor information in order to collect donations in the state is unconstitutional. The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. (LDF), along with the American Civil Liberties Union, the Human Rights Campaign, PEN America Center, Inc. and […]
Monday, June 17, 2013 | news
Washington, D.C.–Today, the United States Supreme Court blocked Arizona’s attempt to make eligible voters provide “evidence of citizenship” in order to register to vote. In the case, Arizona v. ITCA, the Supreme Court struck down Arizona’s “Proposition 200” as pre-empted by the Federal Form provided by the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). “We are gratified by the Supreme Court’s ruling that […]
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court decision granting private businesses an unprecedented religious exemption from the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employee health plans include coverage for FDA-approved contraceptives. In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., the Court makes women’s access to quality and affordable preventative care, which is […]
Thursday, June 27, 2019 | news
Today, civil rights groups secured a critical victory against the Trump administration’s attempt to manipulate the Census to the detriment of people of color and to the accurate enumerations of the American public. In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the U.S. Department of Commerce’s rationale for adding a discriminatory citizenship status question […]
Thursday, June 26, 2014 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund applauds today’s unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie, holding that the police may not conduct a warrantless search of digital information contained on a cell phone that is seized from an individual after their arrest. The court found that the warrantless searches at issue in both cases violated the Fourth Amendment to […]
Thursday, June 13, 2024 | news
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously decided in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and Danco Laboratories LLC v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine that a group of anti-abortion physicians and medical organizations had no legal right to sue the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its actions expanding access to mifepristone – a […]
Monday, April 4, 2022 | news
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant ruling in favor of individuals subject to unreasonable seizures by law enforcement officials in Thompson v. Clark. In its decision, the court recognized a claim for malicious prosecution under the Fourth Amendment when an individual is detained by law enforcement officers without probable cause. The Court further […]
Monday, June 4, 2018 | news
The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed core anti-discrimination principles in public accommodations laws in its ruling today in Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Relying on a 1968 case that the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) litigated, the Court emphasized that business owners are not exempt from anti-discrimination laws because of their religious or philosophical beliefs. In its […]
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed an important Fourth Amendment protection for victims of police violence in the case of Torres v Madrid. As the Court held, police may not violate someone’s constitutional rights by using excessive force—in this case, shooting a person—if that person is able to escape. In February 2020, the NAACP […]
Friday, June 24, 2022 | news
Today, a conservative majority of the United States Supreme Court stripped the constitutional right to bodily autonomy from over a hundred million people by reversing nearly a half a century of legal precedent. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in which the Court’s draft decision was previously leaked, the Court overruled its seminal decisions […]
