LDF Sends Letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in Support of Judicial Nominee Dale Ho

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the nomination of Dale Ho to serve as a judge on the district court ...

LDF Sends Letters to the South Carolina Association of Counties and House Judiciary Committee Correcting Misreadings of Redistricting Law

Today, LDF, the ACLU, the ACLU of South Carolina, and the South Carolina NAACP sent letters to the South Carolina Association of Counties (SCAC) and the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee outlining concerns about the ...

LDF Issues Statement on the Convictions in the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery

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Today, Travis McMichael was found guilty on all charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, including one count of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of false ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief Supporting Trans Student’s Lawsuit Challenging Florida School District’s Discriminatory Bathroom Policy

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the Eleventh Circuit in support of Drew Adams, a transgender man who sued the St. Johns County School Board when ...

LDF Issues Statement to the U.S. Senate: Voting Rights Cannot Wait Until 2022

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Yesterday, despite the growing threats to constitutional democracy in the United States and the waning amount of time left for the Congress to address threats to voting rights through legislation, both chambers of the U.S. ...

LDF Issues Statement on Verdict in Charlottesville Civil Trial

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Today, the jury in the civil trial Sines v. Kessler involving over a dozen defendants charged with conspiracy to interfere with civil rights under 42 U.S. Code § 1985, civil conspiracy to commit a crime ...

LDF Issues Statement on the Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse

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Today, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on three counts of first-degree reckless homicide, use of a dangerous weapon, and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, use of a dangerous weapon for the respective killings of ...

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