LDF Signs on to Letter Urging TX Governor Greg Abbott to Use Emergency Powers to Protect Voting Rights

Dear Governor Abbott, We are civil rights organizations that work directly with voters across this state and advocate for a free and fair democracy in Texas. We write regarding the recent admission by the United ...

LDF and Co-Counsel File for Temporary Restraining Order Against Louisville Metro Police Department Over Use of Crowd-Control Weaponry

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky (ACLU-KY), and the law firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP (ECBAWM), filed a request ...

LDF Launches Voting Rights Microsite Ahead of the November General Election

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) launched a new voting rights microsite that serves as an online hub for LDF’s multiple streams of voting rights work. This work is especially important ...

LDF Statement on the Police Shooting of Jacob Blake

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Yesterday evening, 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot in the back at least seven times at point blank range by one or more officers from the Kenosha Police Department (KPD) as he was ...

LDF Statement on Court Decision to Deny Motion for a Preliminary Injunction to Prevent Release of Police Disciplinary Records

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Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied the motion for a preliminary injunction filed by police, firefighters, and corrections unions to prevent disclosure of unsubstantiated and non-final claims of ...

LDF Urges the Dorchester County Board of Elections to Restore Polling Site at Sand Hill United Methodist Church

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) wrote the Dorchester County, South Carolina Board of Elections urging it to restore the polling site at Sand Hill United Methodist Church as the Delemars ...

LDF and Public Citizen File Lawsuit on Behalf of the NAACP Against the USPS to Suspend Implementation of Postal Service Changes Ahead of the November Election

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Public Citizen filed a lawsuit on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) against the United States Postal Service (USPS). Our suit, which ...

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