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LDF’s Raymond Audain: Not Yet Forgiven for Being Black: Haiti’s TPS, LDF, and the Protean Struggle for Racial Justice

Source: Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review In November 2017, the Trump administration announced its intention to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the United States. In this article, Senior Counsel Raymond Audain considers the termination and the lawsuits it prompted, which are helping to define the state of the plenary power doctrine, the […]

LDF’s Public Statement on the Nomination of Clarence Thomas

LDF’s Nelson Previews Upcoming Supreme Court Cases at American Constitution Society

Janai Nelson, along with a host of other legal scholars, previewed the Supreme Court’s upcoming October term at the American Constitution Society. Listen to her remarks starting at 51:25

LDF’s Monique Dixon: North Charleston Residents Should Pressure City Officials to Demand Policing Report

The agency also denied a similar FOIA request from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said Monique Dixon, deputy director of policy at the New York-based civil rights organization. “We’re encouraging folks in North Charleston to pressure city officials to ask for the report,” she said. “If they really want that document, the officials can push […]

LDF’s Monique Dixon and Nicole Dooley in Op-Ed for AFRO: Baltimore Students Deserve to Feel Safe

Last year a Baltimore school police officer pled guilty to assault charges for slapping and kicking a 16-year-old student. In 2015, another school police officer pled guilty to assault charges after walloping an unarmed middle school on the forehead with a baton and pepper spraying two other girls. These examples of excessive force demonstrate a […]

LDF’s Matt Cregor on Talk of The Nation

Listen to LDF’s Matt Cregor discussing school discipline on NPR’s Talk of the Nation.

LDF’s Marquis Jenkins: Justice for Walter Scott is Not Just a Strong Sentence for Michael Slager, but Also Policing Reform

I wasn’t prepared to hear the news that Michael Slager, the police officer who shot and killed Walter Scott, would have to spend 20 years in prison for depriving him of his civil rights. His sentencing in federal court last month was unusual at best. As we’ve seen time and again, even the most egregious […]

LDF’s Marne Lenox Pens Op-Ed for Refinery29: The School Walkout Was A Powerful, But Privileged Protest

By: Marne Lenox Source: Refinery29   I was a high school student at the time of the Columbine shooting, and I vividly recall the feelings of shock and sadness I experienced in the days following the tragedy. Given the powerlessness I felt as a teenager in the aftermath of Columbine, I am in awe of […]

LDF’s Marne Lenox Pens New York Daily News Op-Ed: NYPD Hasn’t Come Clean on its Gang Database

By: Marne Lenox Source: New York Daily News Related Case or Issue: NYPD’s “Gang” Policing Tactics   The NYPD’s gang database leaves thousands of New Yorkers of color vulnerable to heightened police harassment or scrutiny, and it’s unclear whether the NYPD has any legitimate reason for targeting them. At a time when the department claims […]

LDF’s Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele in Blavity Op-Ed: It’s Time to Get Out The People (Not Just The Vote)

Source: Blavity We are beyond the days when Black voters had to jump through blatantly racist hoops at the polls, such as reciting the entire constitution, meeting morality character requirements, or proving that our grandfathers had the right to vote. Now voter restriction is much more subtle, yet just as pervasive and effective. Take for […]