Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Alabama Redistricting Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court today granted Alabama’s bid to temporarily halt a district court ruling that had required the state to redraw its new congressional map to comply with the Voting Rights Act. On January ...

LDF Issues Statement on Minneapolis Police Department’s Fatal Shooting of Amir Locke

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On Wednesday, police officers in the Minneapolis Police Department’s (MPD) SWAT team executed a no-knock warrant at a residential address in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during which Officer Mark Hanneman fatally shot a 22-year-old Black man, Amir ...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Rules in Favor of LDF Client in Qualified Immunity Case

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Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion reversing a district court’s ruling in T.R. v. Lamar County Board of Education, a case involving the repeated strip-searching of a ...

LDF Sends Letter to Louisiana Legislators Regarding Redistricting Plans that Contravene Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

Today, LDF and coalition partners sent a letter to the Louisiana House and Senate regarding HB1, SB5, and SB20. These proposed redistricting plans run afoul of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because they ...

LDF Sends Letter Opposing Florida’s Restrictive Voting Bill and Proposed Office of Election Crimes and Security

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. sent a letter to the Florida House Public Integrity and Elections Committee in opposition to Proposed Committee Bill (PCB) PIE 22-03 that would make several harmful ...

LDF and Coalition Partners Send Letter Concerning Redistricting Plans to Georgetown County, SC Council

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., the South Carolina NAACP, and the ACLU of South Carolina sent a letter to the Georgetown County Council regarding its redistricting plans. The letter addresses several ...

Civil Rights Groups Send Letter Regarding Electoral Act Reform to Senate Majority Leader Schumer

Today, a coalition of civil rights organizations sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Schumer regarding conversations and proposed reforms to the Electoral Count Act. Electoral Count Act and reforms are insufficient to address racial ...

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