NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urges Senate to Slow Pace of Judicial Nominations and Carefully Vet Nominees

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Todd Cox, Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., issued the following statement in response to the Senate confirmation yesterday of seven of President Trump’s district court nominees: “The seven ...

LDF Statement in Response to the Conviction of Officer Roy Oliver for the Murder of Jordan Edwards

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Monique Dixon, Deputy Director of Policy and Senior Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to the conviction of the former Balch Springs, Texas police ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urges Baltimore Police Department to Strengthen Its Proposed Use of Force Training Plan

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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted comments today on the Baltimore Police Department’s (BPD) 2019 Use of Force Draft Training Plan. In a letter to Kenneth Thompson, the court-appointed monitor of the consent ...

Civil Rights Leaders Call for Full Examination of Kavanaugh’s Record and Request Meeting with Senate Leadership

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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Six prominent African-American civil rights leaders sent a letter today to Senate leaders to express their concern that the Senate is not meeting its responsibility to fully and impartially evaluate the fitness ...

LDF and ACLU of Georgia Send Joint Letter to Georgia Election Officials Urging Against Discriminatory Polling Place Changes

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Washington, D.C. | The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLU of Georgia) sent a letter today to election officials in each of Georgia’s 159 counties, urging them ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Submits Comments on Chicago Police Consent Decree

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(Washington, D.C.) | The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today offered comments on the draft consent decree between the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and the City of Chicago requiring reform of the Chicago Police Department ...

21 Harvard Student and Alumni Organizations Reject Attempt to Censor Their Voices

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Harvard student and alumni organizations, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), are fighting back against an attempt to exclude their voices from being heard by the court considering a lawsuit ...

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