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 ...
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 ...
