Southern states are moving quickly to change laws that will adversely affect minority voters. On The Root, Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel, discusses the aftermath of the SCOTUS decision on the Voting Rights Act, specifically how ...
Cenk talks to NAACP Legal Defense Fund senior Counsel Vincent Southerland and Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher about reactions to the George Zimmerman verdict and what happens next. “Clearly this case calls out and cries out for ...
The George Zimmerman verdict has provoked passionate debate about legal justice and race in the U.S. Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Christina Swarns of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
LDF Assistant Counsel Rachel Kleinman spoke to the Orlando Sentinel about the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Fisher v. UT Austin, which endorsed the benefits of student-body diversity in colleges and universities and allowed ...
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declared Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, a crucial aspect of the landmark civil rights law, unconstitutional. In The Root, LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill critiques the Court’s decision to knock ...
Statement of Sherrilyn Ifill President & Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. on the Court’s Decisions in United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry (Washington, D.C.) Today, the U.S. Supreme Court took a step forward in ...
Ryan P. Haygood, director of LDF’s Political Participation Group, appeared on Hardball today to discuss the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, which strikes a crucial section of the Voting Rights Act. Mr. Haygood ...
