Jackson Residents Sue Public Officials, Calling H.B. 1020 a Violation of the Mississippi Constitution

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Contact: Cliff Johnson   Phone: 662-915-6863   Email: cliff.johnson@macarthurjustice.org    Contact: Mandesha Thornton   Phone: 601-352-2269 ext. 147   Email: mthornton@mscenterforjustice.org     Contact: Ella Wiley   Email: media@naacpldf.org   Contact: Neely Mullen   Phone: 601-354-3408   Email: comms@aclu-ms.org   Lawsuit Says Circuit Judges Must ...

Voting Rights Groups File Emergency Motion to Lift Georgia’s Line Relief Ban in 2024 Elections

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Groups Challenge Portion of Anti-Voter Law that Blocks Georgians from Providing Food and Water to Voters Waiting in Long Lines at Polls ATLANTA — Voting rights organizations filed an emergency preliminary injunction motion today to ...

Civil Rights Organizations Condemn Passage of Bills that Stifles Academic Freedom in Higher Education

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MEDIA CONTACT: LDF Media, media@naacpldf.org; ACLU of Florida Media Office, media@aclufl.org, (786) 363-2737;  The coalition of civil rights groups is currently challenging last year’s “STOP W.O.K.E.” cnsorship law TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Senate Fiscal Policy Committee voted yesterday to ...

LDF Applauds Restoration of Guidance from U.S. Department of Justice Regarding Fines and Fees

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On Thursday, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) updated its guidance for state and local courts and juvenile justice agencies regarding the imposition and enforcement of fines and fees against youth and adults. The ...

LDF Condemns Passage of House Resolution to Strike Down Washington D.C.’s Policing Reform Act

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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.J. Res. 42, a resolution of disapproval aiming to strike down Washington D.C.’s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 (CPJRAA), a police accountability ...

LDF Issues Statement on Critical U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Capital Case Regarding Federal Due Process and Texas’s Post-Conviction DNA Statute

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Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in Rodney Reed v. Bryan Goertz, reversing lower court rulings that had closed the courthouse doors on an effort by Rodney Reed, a Black man on ...

LDF Submits Sends Letter Opposing a Harmful Voting Bill to the Florida Senate Committee on Fiscal Policy

In advance of a public hearing on April 20, 2023, LDF sent a letter opposing S.B. 7050, a harmful voting bill that would likely diminish the voting rights of voters of color in Florida. S.B. ...

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