LDF Friend of the Court Brief Cited in Court’s Opinion (New York, NY) – Today, the United States Supreme Court declared that children convicted of non-homicide offenses cannot be sentenced to life in prison without ...
(New York, New York) – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) released Independent Redistricting Commissions: Reforming Redistricting Without Reversing Progress Toward Racial Equality. The report provides an overview of independent redistricting ...
(New York, New York) – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) released Captive Constituents, a report on prison-based gerrymandering. As the report details, most states and local governments count incarcerated persons ...
(New York, NY) – Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered rehearing in a case challenging Washington State’s racially discriminatory law that denies the vote to people with felony convictions. A panel of ...
