LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill Testifies on Voter Suppression and Continuing Threats to Democracy

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This morning, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on the ...

Civil Rights Leaders Issue Statement on U.S. Senate’s Failure to Pass Voting Rights Legislation

Leading civil rights organizations issued the following joint statement in response to the double atrocity committed in the Senate tonight, both in blocking a vote on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act and ...

LDF Submits Illustrative District Maps for the Louisiana Supreme Court

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), submitted two illustrative district maps for the Louisiana Supreme Court for consideration by the Senate and House Governmental Affairs Committees. The proposals include: (i) a ...

LDF Issues Statement on Biden Administration Judicial Nomination of LDF Attorney Natasha Merle for U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

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Today, the Biden Administration announced its latest round of judicial nominations, including NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Deputy Director of Litigation Natasha Merle, who has been a member of the LDF litigation ...

New Redistricting Poll Finds Most Louisianans Want Equitable and Competitive Political Maps

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What do Louisianans want to see prioritized in their new political maps? A poll commissioned by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU of Louisiana, Fair Districts Louisiana, and Louisiana Progress finds equitable racial representation and ...

LDF Submits Comments on Public and Private Sector uses of Biometric Technologies to the LDF Comments to White House Office of Science and Technology

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. submitted comments in response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (“OSTP”) Notice of Request for Information (“RFI”) on Public and Private Sector uses ...

Civil Rights Groups Call on Senate to Take Immediate Action on Voting Rights

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Leading civil rights organizations released the following joint statement urging senators to be on the right side of history and pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act: “History will judge senators for what ...

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