Supreme Court Requires Warrant for Cell Phone Searches by Police

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund applauds today’s unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie, holding that the police may not conduct a warrantless search of digital information contained on a cell phone that is seized ...

LDF Highlighted in Shelby County v. Holder Anniversary Media Coverage

Shelby County v. Holder One-Year Anniversary Media Highlights: Ifill and Montgomery are featured in Montgomery Adviser article on the Senate Judiciary Hearing  Ryan Haygood argues in the Houston Chronicle that “States must be held accountable for ...

On One-Year Anniversary of Shelby County v. Holder Decision, Ifill Urges Passage of Bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act

** Watch testimony replay here  ** Click here for a link to Ifill’s prepared testimony. (New York, NY)–On the one-year anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s decision that gutted key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, ...

Highlights of LDF’s Activities since Shelby v. Holder

It’s been nearly one year since the Supreme Court declared on June 25, 2013 in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder that states with a history of chronic racial discrimination no longer needed to get Justice ...

LDF Urges Quinnipiac to Refute Flawed Poll on NYCHA Policing

(New York, NY)—Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (NAACP LDF) along with The Legal Aid Society called on Quinnipiac University to retract a recent poll regarding policing in New York City public ...

President Obama Nominates LDF Alum Bolden to Connecticut District Court

Last week, President Obama announced his intention to nominate former LDF lawyer Victor Bolden to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.  Victor served as Assistant Counsel at LDF from ...

Misleading Quinnipiac Poll Obscures Real Problems of Policing in Public Housing

Poll Questions Include Inaccurate Data, Rely on False Premises (New York, NY)–A poll released today by Quinnipiac University relies on inaccurate data and false premises to reach an unsubstantiated conclusion that city voters want the New York City ...

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