Janai Nelson in Huffington Post Blog: DOJ’s Responsibility to Serve as Impartial Bulwark of Democracy

Judge Pryor is just one of dozens of federal judges around the country who have ruled that states or municipalities have diluted, disenfranchised, or otherwise devised illegal, unconstitutional schemes to deny minorities their rightful electoral ...

Leah Aden in The Intercept: Voter Fraud Lie Used to Disenfranchise Black Voters for Last 150 Years

“This voter fraud lie has been used to disenfranchise black voters for the last 150 years,” Leah Aden, a senior counsel with the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, told The Intercept, citing a renewed crackdown on ...

Sherrilyn Ifill Joins ‘The Stakes’ Podcast to Discuss Policing Reform and Jeff Sessions

LDF’s President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill sat down with MTV’s Jamil Smith for the latest episode of ‘The Stakes’ podcast. She discussed LDF’s efforts in transforming police departments across the country and the nomination of ...

Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses Delay in Texas Voter ID Hearing on Andrea Mitchell Reports

DOJ Asks to Postpone Texas Voter ID Hearing Texas federal court has delayed a voter ID hearing, signaling changes in the DOJ under Trump’s administration. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Sherrilyn Ifill discusses the case ...

Leah Aden in ProPublica on Need to Strike Down Texas Photo ID Law Enacted with Discriminatory Purpose

Leah Aden, senior counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said by email that her organization was pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision, calling the Fifth Circuit’s decision “a victory for Texas voters, ...

Sherrilyn Ifill on Unresolved Investigation into Freddie Gray’s Death in Baltimore Sun

Civil Rights Investigation Into Freddie Gray’s Death Unresolved as Trump Takes Office  Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said she and many others in the civil rights community “had hoped ...

Sherrilyn Ifill Discusses the Impact of the Obama Years on PBS NewsHour

The First Black President Faced Great Expectations. What Will Be Obama’s Legacy on Race? What did the election of America’s first black president mean for the United States? And how did President Obama’s policies and ...

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