On November 18, 2021, LDF filed an amicus brief in Contreras et al v. Illinois State Board of Elections et al. This case, originally filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), ...
Today, for the first time in a decade and for only the 24th time in United States history, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to censure Representative Paul Gosar, who recently ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF), working with Rights Behind Bars, submitted an appellate response brief on behalf of LDF’s client Marcus Briceno, who suffered unreasonable force at the hands ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today announced that President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill will step down from her role in the spring of 2022 after nearly a decade leading the organization through its ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Rights Behind Bars, a legal advocacy organization for incarcerated people, submitted an amicus brief in Mack v. Yost et al. The case, which is ...
Today, President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a multibillion-dollar investment in roads, bridges, transportation systems, lead remediation for water, broadband, and other important aspects of the country’s physical infrastructure. In response ...
CONTACT: Ella Wiley, LDF,925-819-0555, ewiley@naacpldf.org Rebecca Seung-Bickley, ACLU of Alabama, 334-561-3829, rseungbickley@aclualabama.org Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU National, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org Graeme Crews, SPLC, 334-224-0002, graeme.crews@splcenter.org BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Individual voters joined with civil rights and faith groups today to file a ...
