LDF Responds to President Trump’s De-Legitimizing Judicial Independence

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This morning, President Donald Trump issued a statement on Twitter suggesting that Republicans “must always hold” the Supreme Court. Samuel Spital, Director of Litigation at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the ...

LDF Responds to Citizenship Status Question Inclusion on 2020 Census

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The U.S. Commerce Secretary has announced a plan to add a citizenship status question to the 2020 Census. LDF Senior Counsel Leah Aden issued the following statement:  “The decision to include a question about citizenship status on the 2020 Census is ...

LDF Statement on Louisiana AG’s Decision Not to Charge Baton Rouge Police Officers for Shooting Death of Alton Sterling

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Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign   Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced today that he is declining to file state charges against Baton Rouge Police Officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake for the shooting ...

LDF Remembers Linda Brown Thompson

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    The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) deeply mourns the passing of Linda Brown Thompson who was one of the young students at the heart of LDF’s landmark case, Brown v. Board ...

LDF Statement on Passing of Linda Brown

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Related Case or Issue: Landmark: Brown v. Board of Education   Linda Brown, who was one of the young students at the heart of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, passed away today at age ...

LDF Opposes Georgia Bill That Threatens to Suppress Minority Voting Participation

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties of Georgia and the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, sent a letter to the Georgia General Assembly to oppose Senate Bill 363, ...

LDF Raises Concerns About Johns Hopkins University’s Proposed Plan for Private Police Force

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Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign   Johns Hopkins University is requesting permission from Maryland lawmakers to create its own private police force. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to ...

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