Friday, February 18, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Louisiana, and 20 other civil rights organizations sent a letter to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards urging him to veto the congressional map recently passed by the state legislature (HB 1 and SB 5). The map violates Section 2 of the […]
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | news
Today, Legal Defense Fund, ACLU of Georgia, and the Southern Poverty Law Center sent letters to all Georgia counties regarding early voting during the upcoming runoff election. The groups urge officials to offer additional advance voting for the December 6, 2022 Runoff Election beyond the minimum five days of advance voting that are mandated by Georgia […]
Monday, March 7, 2011 | news
Civil Rights Groups Urge Florida Board Of Executive Clemency Not To Further Restrict Voting Rights Move Would Harm Voting Fairness In A State With History Of Serious Election Problems TALLAHASSEE, FL – Four of the nation’s premier civil rights organizations, the American Civil Liberties Union, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, the Sentencing Project […]
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | news
ACLU of Connecticut, Legal Defense Fund, Voting Rights Advocates at Connecticut Capitol Today HARTFORD, Conn. — Today, the ACLU of Connecticut (ACLU of CT), the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), and leading civil and voting rights advocates gathered at the Connecticut Capitol to urge legislators to commit to fully funding the Connecticut Voting Rights Act […]
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | news
LDF, Community Change Action, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the NAACP, the National Urban League, and UnidosUS sent a letter urging members of Congress to pass the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) focused on helping children in low-income families as soon as possible, and to refrain from passing any extension or expansion […]
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 56 other national and state organizations urging U.S. Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray to protect Americans from the threat of white supremacists as early in-person voting continues in several states. “Within minutes […]
Monday, November 7, 2022 | news
The Alabama Black Woman’s Roundtable, Alabama Election Protection Network, ACLU of Alabama Foundation, Campaign Legal Center, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Lift Our Vote, and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) have sent a letter to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall urging him to make a public statement condemning intimidation of voters and election […]
Monday, December 18, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights Groups To Present Argument In Lawsuit Against U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Over Suspension Of Rule Assisting Low-Income Families On Tuesday morning, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a broad coalition of civil rights organizations will present oral argument in […]
Monday, October 3, 2011 | news
Albany, NY – Tomorrow, attorneys from New York’s leading civil rights and social justice organizations will present oral argument in Little v. LATFOR in defense of the State’s law ending prison-based gerrymandering. Dale Ho of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Myrna Perez of the Brennan Center will present oral argument on behalf of fifteen […]
Monday, October 3, 2011 | case-update
Tomorrow, attorneys from New York’s leading civil rights and social justice organizations will present oral argument in Little v. LATFOR in defense of the State’s law ending prison-based gerrymandering. Dale Ho of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Myrna Perez of the Brennan Center will present oral argument on behalf of fifteen intervenor voters, also represented by […]
