Today, Rep. Terri Sewell introduced the Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) in the House (H.R. 4) and Senator Patrick Leahy introduced companion legislation in the Senate. Todd A. Cox, Policy Director at the NAACP Legal ...
Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will vote on the nomination of Mark A. Calabria to lead the Fair Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Todd A. Cox, Policy Director at the NAACP ...
Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), submitted a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos demanding guidance that sets rigorous standards for how local educational agencies demonstrate their compliance with ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief late Friday urging the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to rule that the death penalty violates the Commonwealth’s constitutional protection against cruel punishment. The brief ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a response in opposition to the City of Pleasant Grove’s motion to dismiss our lawsuit challenging the city’s at-large method of electing the city council, ...
In Timbs v. Indiana, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Eighth Amendment’s protection against excessive fines and fees applies to the states as well as the federal government. The NAACP Legal Defense and ...
Today, the Thurgood Marshall Institute (the Institute) at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Emory University School of Law, and Spelman College will convene leading scholars, lawyers, and civil rights activists in Atlanta at two events ...
