LDF Submits Input for Transparency, Public Involvement, and Fair Representation During Upcoming Redistricting Process in Louisiana

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), submitted a public proposal on best practices for public involvement, fair representation, and transparency during the upcoming redistricting process in Louisiana to the Committee on ...

LDF Sends Letters to the Senate Judiciary Committee Support of Two Judicial Nominees

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) sent two letters to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee leaders in support of the nomination of Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, to serve as a judge on the ...

LDF Submits Testimony Expressing Opposition to S.B. 299 in Michigan

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. submitted written testimony to the Michigan Senate Committee on Elections opposing S.B. 299, a bill that would require election workers to stop counting votes and report ...

Supreme Court Rules that Decision Requiring Unanimous Juries in Federal and State Criminal Trials Does Not Apply Retroactively to Cases on Federal Collateral Review

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Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a momentous and disappointing decision in Edwards v. Vannoy, a case in which the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief in July ...

LDF Submits Written Testimony in Support of An Expansion of the Louisiana Supreme Court

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) submitted written testimony to the Louisiana House Government Affairs Committee in support of a proposal in Senate Bill 163 to include a constitutional amendment on ...

LDF Announces Inaugural Cohort of Groundbreaking Marshall-Motley Scholars Program

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Today, on the 67th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) announced the inaugural 10-person cohort of the Marshall Motley-Scholars ...

Coalition of Civil Rights Groups File to Submit Amicus Brief in Support of Equitable Access to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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Washington, DC — Today, civil rights groups Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice-AAJC), NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and LatinoJustice PRLDEF, together with law firm Arnold & Porter, filed a ...

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