LDF Pens Letter Urging Investigation of Prison Conditions in Beaumont, Texas Following Hurricane Harvey

Read the PDF of our statement here. LDF Pens Letter Urging Investigation of Prison Conditions in Beaumont, TexasFollowing Hurricane Harvey Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to U.S. ...

Civil Rights Leaders Meet with Senate Democratic Leadership, Discuss Efforts to Combat Hate and Protect Civil Rights

Read the PDF of our statement here. Civil Rights Leaders Meet with Senate Democratic Leadership, Discuss Efforts to Combat Hate and Protect Civil Rights Today, civil rights leaders met with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) ...

Statement In Response to the Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing of Eric Dreiband, the Nominee to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights

Statement In Response to the Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing of Eric Dreiband, the Nominee to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights In response to the hearing on the nomination of Eric Dreiband to lead ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Gill v. Whitford Challenging Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Scheme

Read a PDF of our statement here.  LDF Files Amicus Brief in Gill v. Whitford Challenging Wisconsin Partisan Gerrymandering Scheme  On Friday, September 1, 2017, LDF filed an amicus curiae brief in Gill v. Whitford. ...

LDF Statement on the Trump Administration Ending DACA

Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Trump Administration Ending DACA Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration is ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), ...

LatinoJustice and MALDEF Join LDF and The Ordinary People Society in Lawsuit Challenging EIC

Read a PDF of our statement here.  LatinoJustice and MALDEF Join LDF and The Ordinary People Society in Lawsuit Challenging the President’s Election Integrity Commission Yesterday, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and ...

LDF Statement in Response to September 6 Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation Hearing

LDF Director of Policy Todd Cox issued the following statement in response to the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing scheduled for September 6, 2017. For this single hearing, Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has listed five ...

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