LDF Sends Letter to Senate Leaders Opposing Neomi Rao’s Nomination for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

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Ahead of tomorrow’s vote on her nomination, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Senate leadership opposing the confirmation of Neomi Rao to a lifetime seat on the D.C. ...

Maryland District Court to Hear Case Against Department of Homeland Security in Response to Removal of Temporary Protective Status for Haitian Immigrants

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Today, a federal judge in Maryland allowed a lawsuit to proceed against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over its decision to rescind Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants. The lawsuit, filed by ...

LDF Files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Challenges to North Carolina and Maryland’s Partisan Gerrymandering Schemes

Read a PDF of our statement here.  This term, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek, two cases considering limits on partisan gerrymandering. The NAACP Legal Defense and ...

Concerned Parents, Civil Rights Groups Sue State of Maryland Over Constitutionally-Inadequate Funding for Children in Baltimore Schools

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To ensure that another generation of Black and Brown students in Baltimore are not held back from realizing their dreams because of unconstitutional and inequitable education funding, a group of concerned parents and civil rights ...

LDF Condemns Senate Votes on Chad Readler and Eric Murphy

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This week, the Senate is poised to honor the 54th anniversary of Bloody Sunday by confirming two anti-voting rights judicial nominees to lifetime appointments on the federal bench. Today, Chad Readler was confirmed to the ...

LDF Opposes Bills Authorizing Johns Hopkins University to Create a Private Police Force

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As Maryland General Assembly committees continue to consider Senate Bill 793 and House Bill 1094, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted written testimony today opposing the bills, which would authorize Johns ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Eleventh Circuit Defending Transgender Youth Rights

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Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief urging the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to uphold a lower court decision that found a school policy banning ...

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