Guest Blog: Janai Nelson, Preserving the Nuance of a Suspended Section 5 “The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the consolidated cases of Alabama Democratic Caucus v. Alabama and Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama could ...
Emotions Stir as National Bar Association Facilitates Ferguson Discussion “Janel George, [Senior Education Policy Counsel] for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., spoke about how school discipline practices for African–American children mirror the ...
Schnapper-Casteras: Let Loving Lead the Way “Four states recently filed briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the Constitution allows them to ban same-sex marriage. In grappling with this important issue, the court should ...
DOJ Report on Ferguson, IranUS Negotiations, Jim Crow & Urban.. (II) “The Department of Justice recently released a comprehensive report on the practices of the Ferguson Police Department. What were the report’s conclusions? Much has ...
Sens. Schatz, Paul & Reps. Brown, Ellison, Cummings Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Help Expand Responsible Use of Police Body Cameras “…Decades of distrust between communities of color and law enforcement have been magnified by the ...
Supreme Court Rejects Alabama case John Paul Schnapper-Casteras, [Special Counsel for Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy] for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, praised the decision saying it provides “an opportunity for black voters ...
A Test of Free Speech and Bias, Served on a Plate From Texas Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said the Confederate flag has only one fundamental meaning. “It’s a ...
