LDF Statement on Attorney General Sessions’ Disregard for Rule of Law

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Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign   Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement in response to remarks delivered yesterday by Attorney General ...

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Major Employment Discrimination Case Targeting Natural Black Hairstyles

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Related Case or Issue: EEOC v. Catastrophe Management Solutions   The U.S. Supreme Court will not re-examine an Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that Catastrophe Management Solutions did not violate federal civil rights law ...

LDF Condemns Confirmation of Circuit Court Judges at Breakneck Speed

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Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Michael Brennan to a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Brennan is one of a handful of judicial nominees expected to be confirmed to ...

LDF Statement on the House Judiciary Committee Advancing the First Step Act

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Today, the House Judiciary Committee marked up and advanced the First Step Act (FSA). Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined over 70 other organizations in opposing the bill. Todd A. Cox, LDF’s Policy Director, ...

LDF Serves Information Request on Manhattan DA for Materials Related to Gang Policing Databases

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Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign   Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) served a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request on the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (NYDA) to gather information about ...

Parents and Advocates Push Back on Attempt to Roll Back Desegregation Efforts in Hartford Public Schools

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Related Case or Issue: Sheff v. O’Neill   Parents and education advocates are concerned that progress made to desegregate public schools in Hartford, Connecticut and surrounding suburbs will be reversed, according to a motion to intervene filed ...

Civil Rights Groups Urge Senators to Oppose the Protect and Serve Act of 2018

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Today, four major civil rights groups sent a letter to U.S. Senators urging them to oppose introduction and co-sponsorship of the Protect and Serve Act of 2018, which would extend hate crime protections to law enforcement officers. ...

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