LDF Director of Litigation Sam Spital Testifies on the Need for Federal Voting Rights Protections

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Today, Sam Spital, Director of Litigation at 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 to ring the alarm on the current state of voting rights and urged Congress ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Michigan Supreme Court Case Challenging Constitutionality of Grand Rapids Police Department’s “Photo-and-Print” Policy

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Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and counsel Janey Lanier filed an amicus brief in the Michigan Supreme Court in support of Keyon Harrison and Denishio Johnson, two Black teenagers who, on ...

LDF Mourns the Passing of Longtime Board Member Karen Hastie Williams

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the passing of longtime board member Karen Hastie Williams, a trailblazing lawyer who broke barriers of race and gender during a career that spanned ...

Lawsuit Challenging Florida’s Anti-Protest Law Will Move Forward

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Yesterday, a federal judge allowed the lawsuit challenging Florida’s anti-protest law, H.B.1, to move forward. The claims, filed by civil rights groups, allege racial discrimination and First Amendment violations against Governor DeSantis, Leon County Sheriff ...

LDF Sends Letter to the South Carolina House Redistricting Ad Hoc Committee About their Obligations Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution

On August 9, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF)”, American Civil Liberties Union, South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, League of Women Voters of South Carolina, South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice ...

LDF Issues Statement Calling for Federal Voting Rights Protections on the 56th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act

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Today marks the 56th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most critical civil rights laws ever passed. Since its founding in 1940 by Thurgood Marshall, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational ...

LDF Sends Letters to the Senate Judiciary Committee in Support of Two Judicial Nominees

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. sent letters to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the confirmation of Jia Cobb to serve on the district court for the District of ...

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