Court Rejects Congress’ Determination of Where the Voting Rights Act Should Apply, Leaving Voters Unprotected Statement by Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which defended the Voting Rights ...
Statement of Sherrilyn Ifill, President & Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. on the Court’s Decisions in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar and Vance v. Ball State University (Washington, D.C.) Today the Supreme ...
Statement of Sherrilyn Ifill, President & Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. on the Court’s Decision in Fisher v. University of Texas (Washington, D.C.) The Supreme Court today endorsed the benefits ...
Washington, D.C.–Today, the United States Supreme Court blocked Arizona’s attempt to make eligible voters provide “evidence of citizenship” in order to register to vote. In the case, Arizona v. ITCA, the Supreme Court struck down Arizona’s “Proposition 200” as ...
Court Approval Means Key Changes of Company’s Practices and Awards to Black Managers A federal district court preliminarily approved a $7.5 million settlement of a national class action lawsuit, which alleged that Wet Seal had ...
LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill published an Op-Ed in the New York Times, explaining why recent calls by some to focus on “solely class” and abandon race-conscious admissions policies fail to address the realities ...
Statement of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is pleased that President Obama has nominated three individuals to fill longstanding vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of ...
