Recommendations for Conducting a Safe General Election During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Dear Governor DeSantis: On behalf of All Voting is Local Florida, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., League of Women Voters of Florida, Common Cause Florida, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Lawyers’ ...

LDF Responds to HUD’s Move to Roll Back Discrimination Protections

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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) finalized its Disparate Impact Rule. In response, Lisa Cylar Barrett, Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the ...

Agreement Reached in Criminal History Screening Case

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The Fortune Society, Inc. (“Fortune”), a nonprofit community-based organization that supports successful community reentry for people with prior criminal justice involvement, and Macy’s, Inc. (“Macy’s”), have reached an agreement in The Fortune Society, Inc. v. ...

LDF Responds to U.S. Attorney General Barr’s Failure to Condemn Voting Twice, Comments on Police Brutality

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Yesterday evening, U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr gave a wide-ranging interview on CNN during which he refused to condemn President Trump’s statements encouraging North Carolina voters to attempt cast two ballots: one by mail ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief Challenging Racial Impact of NYC’s Third Party Transfer Program

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in support of plaintiffs challenging New York City’s Third Party ...

LDF Sends Recommendations for Conducting a Safe General Election During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) and fifteen other organizations sent a letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis urging him to issue an Executive Order to take critical steps to ensure ...

LDF and Public Citizen File Preliminary Injunction Motion on Behalf of the NAACP Against the USPS to Suspend Implementation of Postal Service Changes

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Public Citizen filed a preliminary injunction motion on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in an ongoing lawsuit against the United States Postal Service ...

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