Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following statement on Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement: “This is a monumental moment for our country. The very integrity of our ...
By: Jami Floyd Source: WNYC Listen as LDF Associate Director Counsel Janai Nelson joins Jami Floyd on WNYC to discuss Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, and how his replacement on the Supreme Court can shape the integrity of ...
Civil Rights Groups Demand Supreme Court Vote Delay NAACP Legal Defense Fund, National Urban League, National Action Network, NAACP & National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Urge Citizens to Contact Senators A coalition of civil ...
Today, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 opinion in Trump v. Hawaii that Hawaii was not entitled to stop President Trump’s order banning most of the 180 million nationals from a number of predominately Muslim countries ...
Related Case or Issue: Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder The U.S. Supreme Court today permitted Texas to continue using electoral maps that a three-judge lower court had unanimously found were tainted by intentional racial discrimination against ...
Related Case or Issue: Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder The U.S. Supreme Court today permitted Texas to continue using electoral maps that a three-judge lower court had unanimously found were tainted by intentional racial discrimination against ...
By: Craig Melvin Source: MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin LDF Senior Counsel Ajmel Quereshi joined MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin to discuss the Trump Administration’s cruel immigration policies, and the two FOIA requests LDF filed last week to help ...
