Georgia-based Disability Rights Groups Join Fight Against Georgia’s Anti-Voter Law S.B. 202

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Three groups joined pending litigation AME Church v. Kemp in an amended complaint that explains how S.B. 202 violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act ATLANTA — Three prominent Georgia-based disability rights groups have ...

LDF Submits Testimony to the Michigan Senate Opposing Five Restrictive Voting Bills

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) submitted written testimony to the Michigan Senate expressing opposition to S.B. 284, S.B. 285, S.B. 289, S.B. 303 & S.B. 310, five voting bills that ...

LDF and the National Consumer Law Center Urge DeKalb County, Georgia, to Delay Lifting Water Disconnection Moratorium, Implement Stronger Protections Against Shutoffs

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) sent a joint letter to Michael Thurmond, Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb County, Georgia, in response to the ...

LDF Issues Statement on the Groundbreaking Confirmation of Kristen Clarke as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights

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Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Kristen Clarke as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, ...

LDF Submits Recommendations for Establishing Criteria for Redistricting Maps in Louisiana

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) submitted a letter to the Louisiana State House and Governmental Affairs Committee outlining recommendations for House Concurrent Resolution (“HCR”) 90, which establishes criteria for redistricting ...

LDF Submits Testimony Expressing Opposition to Louisiana’s Senate Bill 224

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted testimony to the Louisiana House and Governmental Affairs Committee expressing opposition to Senate Bill 224 (SB 224), which aims to impose burdensome identification requirements ...

LDF Issues Statement on the Restoration of Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status

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Today, the Biden administration announced that it will restore Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which the Trump administration rescinded in 2017. TPS allows recipients from designated countries experiencing violence and conflict or natural disasters to ...

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