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LDF Urges Senate to Safeguard Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule

Since its founding, LDF has utilized litigation, policy advocacy, public education, and community organizing strategies to stymie racial segregation and promote racial integration in housing. LDF has litigated fair housing cases in virtually every area of the housing market, often under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) of 1968, to ensure access to housing and opportunity for […]

LDF Urges Senate to Oppose Confirmation of Judicial Nominees Andrew Brasher and J. Campbell Barker

This week, the Senate is set to vote on the nominations of Andrew Brasher and J. Campbell Barker for lifelong positions on the federal bench. Brasher currently serves as the Solicitor General of Alabama and is a nominee for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Barker currently serves […]

LDF Urges Senate to End Use of Consent Packages that Fast-Track Judicial Nominees

LDF Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Swiftly Carry Out its Constitutional Duty By Holding Supreme Court Nominee Hearings

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued a letter requesting the Senate Judiciary Committee faithfully carry out its constitutional duty by holding a hearing for any Supreme Court nominees presented by President Barack Obama. Additionally, LDF urges the Committee to move expeditiously on the numerous pending nominations for the lower federal courts, […]

LDF Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Oppose Steven Menashi for Second Circuit Court of Appeals Seat

Today the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Senators Schumer and McConnell opposing the nomination of Steven Menashi to a seat on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Our reasons to oppose his confirmation include: his refusal to be transparent about his tenure as Special Assistant and Associate Counsel to the […]

LDF Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Oppose Andrew Brasher for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Today the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to Senator Lindsey Graham, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member, Senator Dianne Feinstein opposing the nomination of Andrew Brasher to a seat on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. LDF’s opposition to Judge Brasher’s confirmation is based on his decades-long record […]

LDF Urges Senate Committee to Not Turn Its Back on Brown

In a Comment Letter on Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander’s Discussion Draft of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, LDF urges the Chairman to retain the important federal oversight role in education.  As the organization that litigated Brown v. Board of Education over sixty years ago,  LDF urges […]

LDF Urges Senate Committee to Not Turn Its Back on Brown

In a Comment Letter on Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander’s Discussion Draft of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, LDF urges the Chairman to retain the important federal oversight role in education.  As the organization that litigated Brown v. Board of Education over sixty years ago,  LDF urges the Committee to not […]

LDF Urges Senate Committee to Curb Militarization of State and Local Police and Impose Structural Reforms to Ensure Police Accountability

In testimony submitted today to a Senate committee reviewing militarization of state and local law enforcement, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) called for structural reforms to ensure police accountability and the demilitarization of local law enforcement, including in America’s public schools.  The presence of military-style weapons in K-12 public schools, LDF […]

LDF Urges Senate Committee to Act to Fulfill Promise of Brown

As the organization that litigated Brown v. Board of Education over sixty years ago, LDF has led the charge in advancing equal educational opportunity in our nation’s public schools. As Chief Justice Warren noted in the Brown opinion, “education is the very foundation of good citizenship.”  In a globally competitive economy, quality education is an imperative.  […]