This week, the Senate is poised to honor the 54th anniversary of Bloody Sunday by confirming two anti-voting rights judicial nominees to lifetime appointments on the federal bench. Today, Chad Readler was confirmed to the ...
As Maryland General Assembly committees continue to consider Senate Bill 793 and House Bill 1094, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted written testimony today opposing the bills, which would authorize Johns ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief urging the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to uphold a lower court decision that found a school policy banning ...
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted today to advance the nomination of Neomi Rao to serve on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Todd A. Cox, Policy Director at LDF, issued the following statement: “By advancing ...
UPDATE: July 24, 2019 The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) sent a second letter to officials in Tennessee expressing concern about the absence of diversity in the membership of Tennessee’s Advisory Task ...
The Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners (the Board) voted 8-2 to support a measure aimed at changing state law and allowing Baltimore School Police (BSP) officers to carry a firearm during the school day. ...
As the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners (the Board) prepares to meet tonight, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today submitted written testimony urging the Board to oppose new legislation changing state ...