LDF Issues Statement on Trump Administration’s Plans to Execute Five People Before End of Time in Office

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On July 14, 2020, the federal government carried out the first federal execution in nearly 20 years when it put Daniel Lewis to death. It was the first of three executions by the U.S. government ...

Cobb County Announces Changes to Early Voting Following Pressure from Voting Rights Advocates

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Today, Georgia’s Cobb County Director of Elections & Registration, Janine Eveler, announced changes from the county’s original plan to close over half of its early voting sites ahead of the Jan. 5, 2021 runoff election, ...

LDF Urges Cobb County, Georgia to Maintain Early Voting Locations for Upcoming Runoff

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), All Voting is Local, Georgia, Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund (SPLC), Georgia NAACP, Black Voters Matter, and American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLU-GA) ...

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Student Borrower Protection Center Announce Fair Lending Testing Agreement with Upstart Network

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Agreement Marks New Standard for Fair Lending Oversight in Financial Technology Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) announced that they have entered into an ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief Supporting Rehearing En Banc in Lawsuit Challenging the Baltimore Police Department’s Aerial Surveillance Program

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Last week, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., (LDF)  filed an amicus brief supporting rehearing en banc in Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle v. Baltimore Police Department, a lawsuit challenging the department’s aerial ...

Voting Rights Advocates Urge Georgia Secretary of State to Remove Barriers to the Ballot Ahead of January Senate Runoffs

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ATLANTA — All Voting is Local Georgia, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund, today urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to ...

Federal Court Allows LDF’s Lawsuit Challenging Louisville’s Militaristic Response to Peaceful Protests to Continue

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Today, a Kentucky district court denied a motion to dismiss an ongoing lawsuit against the City of Louisville, Kentucky, for the Louisville Metro Police Department’s (LMPD) repeated use of military-type force and intimidation in response ...

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