The Senate Judiciary Committee voted today to confirm Neomi Rao to a lifetime appointment to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Todd A. Cox, Policy Director at LDF, issued the following statement: “Neomi Rao’s refusal ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
