(Washington, D.C.) The weeklong trial before a three-judge federal court begins Monday, July 9th in Texas v. Holder, a case involving Texas’ proposed photo identification law. The trial begins at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 8 ...
(Washington, D.C.): A three-judge federal district court in Florida v. Holder rejected Florida’s proposal to dramatically reduce its early voting period in five counties, while approving a new voting requirement for registered voters who move ...
Justice Johnson Would be the Court’s First African-American Chief Justice New York, New York—The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a friend of the court brief in Chisom v. Jindal, in support ...
Today the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) is filing an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve ...
On July 12, 2012, the United States District Court of the Western District of Louisiana ruled in favor of LDF’s clients in Thomas v. St. Martin Parish School Board, denying the school board’s motions to ...
Delma Banks, who was once sentenced to die for the 1980 murder of a Nash, Texas, teenager, accepted a sentence of life Wednesday, ending a case that has lingered in the court system for 32 ...
Ryan Haygood, LDF Director of the Political Participation Group, spoke at the 103rd National NAACP Annual Convention on July 11, 2012 on protecting the voting rights of minorities in upcoming elections. You can see his ...
