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LDF, ACLU of Michigan, and Covington & Burling File Amicus Brief Defending Black Detroit Homeowners’ Right to Due Process in Challenging Unfair Tax Assessments

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, and the law firm of Covington & Burlington LLP submitted an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs-appellants ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Ohio Supreme Court Case Urging Relevance of Racial Prejudice at Criminal Suppression Hearings

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Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and counsel Squire Patton Boggs filed an amicus brief in support of David Hansard, a Black man who was stopped and arrested in Ohio. The officer ...

Coalition Sends Letter Urging Congress Against Strengthening Qualified Immunity and Limiting Employer Liability for Law Enforcement Agencies

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and a coalition of 28 organizations sent a letter to U.S. Senators Booker, Scott and Graham, and Representatives Bass and Clyburn regarding their efforts to ...

Nikole Hannah-Jones Issues Statement on Decision to Decline Tenure Offer at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and to Accept Knight Chair Appointment at Howard University

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Today, award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones announced that she has declined an offer of tenure from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). In her first extensive comments since the UNC Board of Trustees ...

LDF Submits Written Comments on the Implementation of the Ferguson Consent Decree

LDF Submits Written Comments on the Implementation of the Ferguson Consent Decree Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. submitted written comments to the court on the state of the implementation of the ...

Supreme Court Rules that California’s Donor Disclosure Law is Unconstitutional

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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 ...

Supreme Court Undercuts Strength of Voting Rights Act in Ruling on Remaining Anti-Discrimination Protections

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Today, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, holding that the Voting Rights Act (VRA) does not prohibit Arizona voting laws and procedures that prohibit third parties from ...