LDF Issues Statement on Release of Grand Jury Audio Recordings in Breonna Taylor Case

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Today, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron released the audio recordings of the grand jury proceedings that resulted in former Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officer Brett Hankison being charged with three counts of wanton endangerment ...

Court Rules that Presidential Law Enforcement Commission Violated Federal Law

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Today, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice (Commission) has violated multiple requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act ...

Federal Court Rules Alabama Must Take Steps to Better Protect Voters During COVID-19 Pandemic

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A federal court issued a decision today that will help protect the health and right to vote of medically vulnerable Alabamians.  The ruling in People First of Alabama v. Merrill means Alabama voters will not need a witness or notary to vote ...

LDF, ACLU of Michigan, National Consumer Law Center, and Michigan Poverty Law Program File Class Action Fair Housing Lawsuit Against Vision Property Management for Targeting Black Homebuyers in Home Purchase Scheme

Detroit – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), and the Michigan Poverty Law Program filed a federal ...

LDF Issues Statement on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Nomination to the United States Supreme Court

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Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court: ...

Voting Rights Coalition Sends Letter to Escambia County Officials on the Need for more Early Voting Sites and Drop Boxes

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), sent a letter to the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections urging him to add additional early voting sites and drop boxes in Black communities. Over ...

LDF Issues Statement in Response to President Trump’s Executive Order

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This week, President Trump issued an “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” that takes aim at federal agencies, grant programs, and contractors – forbidding them from engaging in programs and trainings that promote ...

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