In Timbs v. Indiana, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Eighth Amendment’s protection against excessive fines and fees applies to the states as well as the federal government. The NAACP Legal Defense and ...
Today, the Thurgood Marshall Institute (the Institute) at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Emory University School of Law, and Spelman College will convene leading scholars, lawyers, and civil rights activists in Atlanta at two events ...
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Senior Counsel Alexis Hoag argued today before the Ohio Supreme Court that Glen Bates’ trial counsel failed to protect his constitutional right to an impartial jury by ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today filed an amicus brief urging the North Carolina Supreme Court to allow Rayford Burke the opportunity to prove that racial bias impermissibly influenced jury selection and ...
The White House indicated today that the President plans to declare a national emergency in order to secure funding for a wall along the southern border. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal ...
Despite widespread opposition from civil rights advocates, the Senate voted today to confirm William P. Barr as the next Attorney General of the United States. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) will deliver post-trial arguments today in the federal trial that threatens to end the consideration of race in Harvard’s admissions process, jeopardizing diversity at the college. ...
