Current and Former LDF President and Directors-Counsel Issue Joint Statement Calling for the Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court

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On Monday, April 4, the 54th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for Associate Justice ...

LDF Sends Letter to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in Support of the Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Serve on the Supreme Court

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to serve as Associate Justice on the U.S. ...

Florida Voters Win Case Challenging Suppressive Voting Law as Judge Rules S.B. 90 Violates Voting Rights Act and U.S. Constitution

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Today, a federal judge struck down Florida’s suppressive voting law, S.B. 90, ruling that it violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States ...

LDF Sends Letter to the Tennessee Comptroller Regarding the State’s Decision to Take Over Financial Control of Mason, TN

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund sent a letter to the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury regarding the State of Tennessee’s planned takeover of the town of Mason, a small, majority-Black town 40 miles from ...

Joel Motley, Son of Former LDF Attorney Constance Baker Motley, Issues Statement Calling for the Confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court

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In advance of Monday’s Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Joel Motley, son of former NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, ...

Texas Court Fails to Recognize Waller County’s Denial of Black Students and Voters’ Access to Equitable Early Voting

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Recently, the Southern District Court of Texas ruled against Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) students, recent graduates, and a PVAMU student and alumni organization, who argued that Waller County violated the U.S. Constitution and Section ...

Louisiana Legislature Overturns Governor’s Veto of Map Lacking a Second Majority-Black Congressional District; Civil Rights Groups File Suit Under Voting Rights Act

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March 30, 2022 – Today, the Louisiana legislature voted to overturn Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto of the Congressional map passed earlier this year, which failed to add a second majority-Black district. In response, the ...

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