Monday, May 15, 2017 | news
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision Not to Review North Carolina Voter ID Law Earlier today, the Supreme Court announced that it would not take up the case against North Carolina’s “monster” voter suppression law, which the state passed shortly after the Supreme Court’s Shelby County decision in 2013. Last July, a […]
Saturday, May 6, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Murder Charges in Police Shooting of Jordan Edwards Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the murder charges brought against the former Balch Springs, Texas, police officer who fatally shot Jordan Edwards last Saturday […]
Monday, August 14, 2017 | news
Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) notified public housing agencies in 23 metropolitan areas that it is suspending its Small Area Fair Market Rent Rule (FMR), which went into effect on January 17, 2017. The rule brought about a much-needed change to HUD’s housing choice voucher program by getting rid of […]
Friday, November 16, 2018 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, issued the following statement on the First Step Act criminal justice reform bill: “The revised First Step Act, S. 3649 is the latest modest step on the path to true criminal justice reform. We are gratified that this bill now includes two measures we […]
Thursday, May 11, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. Update: LDF Files Freedom of Information Act Requests in Response to Voter Fraud Commission NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Expected Voter Fraud Commission President Trump is expected to sign an executive order today creating a commission tasked with investigating the president’s unfounded claims of voter fraud in the 2016 presidential […]
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 | news
Today, the Department of Justice announced that it has officially opened an investigation of Freddie Gray’s death to determine whether any “prosecutable civil rights violation occurred.” The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) applauds this decision and renews its call for transparency from local law enforcement. According to the Baltimore Police Department’s website, Mr. Gray’s death is the […]
Saturday, January 21, 2017 | news
Just days before the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) was set to appear in a federal district court in Texas with its co-counsel to continue a nearly six-year fight against the state’s photo ID law (SB14), the strictest photo ID law in the country, the Department of Justice requested a one-month delay in proceedings, citing the transition […]
Friday, April 7, 2017 | news
Read the PDF version of our statement here. Today, U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar approved the consent decree between the U.S. Department of Justice and Baltimore City officials to remedy allegations of widespread and longstanding unlawful policing practices. In his order, Judge Bredar also denied DOJ’s request to delay approval, noting that the time […]
Thursday, April 27, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Arkansas’s Extreme Execution Schedule The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) condemns the state of Arkansas’ execution of Ledell Lee, Jack Jones, and Marcel Williams, and urges an immediate stay for Kenneth Williams, who is scheduled to be executed later today. […]
Thursday, May 18, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Acquittal of Tulsa Police Officer for Death of Terence Crutcher Today, a jury acquitted Tulsa Police Officer Betty Jo Shelby of first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Black man, during a roadside encounter in 2016. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational […]
