BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A district court in Alabama today ordered the state to adopt a congressional map that includes two districts where Black voters will have the opportunity to elect the candidates of their choice. ...
On Monday, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) released body-worn camera footage of a brutal law enforcement attack on Le’Keian Woods, a 24-year-old Black man. In response to this, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel ...
Today, Laphonza Butler was sworn-in to the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who passed away last week at 90. Ms. Butler, who previously served as president of Emily’s List, is ...
Today, The Legal Defense Fund, the Southern Center for Human Rights (“SCHR”), and the Center for Constitutional Rights (“CCR”) sent a letter demanding that Atlanta Municipal and Law Department officials to cease and desist the ...
Accompanying Letter Urges Educational Opportunities Attainable for All Washington, DC – Today six leading civil rights groups released a comprehensive report that offers recommendations for advancing educational equity in light of the Supreme Court’s affirmative ...
Media Contacts Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org ACLU Media, media@aclu.org Kari Elgin, ACLU of Louisiana, kelgin@laaclu.org Washington, D.C.—Yesterday in Robinson v. Ardoin, the challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map under Section 2 of the Voting Rights ...
New Orleans, LA—Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a writ of mandamus to vacate the remedial hearing set for Oct. 3 – 5 in Robinson v. Ardoin, the challenge to Louisiana’s discriminatory congressional ...
