Related Case or Issue: Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder The U.S. Supreme Court today permitted Texas to continue using electoral maps that a three-judge lower court had unanimously found were tainted by intentional racial discrimination against ...
By: Craig Melvin Source: MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin LDF Senior Counsel Ajmel Quereshi joined MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin to discuss the Trump Administration’s cruel immigration policies, and the two FOIA requests LDF filed last week to help ...
In May, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security began prosecuting people crossing the border – even those seeking asylum from life-threatening circumstances at home, who have historically been admitted entry to the United States ...
LDF Files Amicus Brief in California Supreme Court Criticizing Race-Based Jury Selection Brief Challenges Legitimacy of “O.J. Simpson Question” Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed an amicus brief urging the California Supreme ...
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign LDF Urges California Lawmakers to Change Police Use-of-Deadly-Force Standard LDF sends letter calling for passage of AB 931, which would allow police to use lethal force only ...
The U.S. Supreme Court today delayed action in critically important voting cases that could have provided voters with a tool to combat partisan manipulation, as well as help identify the worst attempts to gerrymander the ...
By: Preet Bharara Source: Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill talks with Preet Bharara about the rise of artificial intelligence in policing, how both companies and law enforcement can confront issues of ...