The City’s 15-Day Moratorium is Insufficient, Fails to Address Systemic Process Problems (Detroit, MI)–The city of Detroit’s fifteen-day moratorium on water shut-offs, announced yesterday nearly four months after the shut-offs began, is welcomed but ...
Civil Rights Organizations Ask For Immediate Moratorium on Water Shut-offs Update 7/21/2014: Detroit has imposed a 15-day moratorium on water shut-offs — but it’s not enough. The financial aid program for Detroit’s neediest people must ...
Both Sides Find Reason for Optimism After Latest Ruling on Texas Affirmative Action, Diverse, Jul 17, 2014 Lower Court Upholds Affirmative Action at University of Texas at Austin, Ms. Magazine, Jul 16, 20214 Appeals Court ...
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Principles of Diversity in Higher Education, Affirms Lower Court Ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas on Remand July 15, 2014 Tthe NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. ...
Below is a statement from Sherrilyn A. Ifill, the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Fisher v. University of Texas on remand. The ...
LDF, along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC), strongly urge Westchester County to comply with a consent decree in which the county agreed ...
At the 2014 Aspen Ideas Festival panel titled “After the Gavel: The Supreme Court, the Future, and You” Sherrilyn Ifill, along with Theodore B. Olson, Neal Katyal, and Jeffrey Rosen discuss recent Supreme Court decisions and what ...
