LDF Issues Statement on Biden Administration’s New Judicial Nominees

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Today, the Biden administration announced a new group of nominees to the judiciary, including Ms. J. Michelle Childs for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Ms. Nancy G. Abudu ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in New York Case against the Third Party Transfer Program

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Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), in partnership with Justice in Aging and Mobilization for Justice, filed an amicus brief in Dorce v. City of New York, a case before the U.S. District Court ...

LDF Issues Statement on Student Loan Repayment Pause Extension

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Today, the Biden administration announced that it would extend its pause on student loan repayments — which were scheduled to resume on February 1, 2022 — for an additional 90 days. Citing the continuing hardships ...

LDF and Public Citizen Reach Historic Settlement in Lawsuit Against U.S. Postal Service to Ensure Timely Delivery of Mailed Ballots

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On behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Public Citizen Litigation Group and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced today a settlement in the case NAACP ...

LDF Issues Statement in Support of Sandra Thompson’s Nomination as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency

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This week, the Biden administration announced its intention to nominate Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Sandra Thompson as the FHFA’s full-time Director. In response, Lisa Cylar Barrett, Director of Policy for ...

LDF Sends Letter in Response to Misinterpretations of Federal and State Redistricting Law to Louisiana House and Senate Committees

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the ACLU Voting Rights Practice, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP, and Power Coalition for Equity and Justice submitted written testimony  ...

LDF Issues Statement on Supreme Court Decision Regarding Texas Abortion Law

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Today, the United States Supreme Court permitted Texas abortion care providers the ability to challenge the state’s abortion law (S.B. 8) in federal court, but only on the narrowest grounds against state licensing officials. In ...

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