Monday, June 19, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on Temporary Restraining Order to Stop the Lowering of Desegregation Standards in Hartford Late Friday, Superior Court Judge Marshall K. Berger, Jr. announced that he will issue a temporary restraining order that will stop the State of Connecticut from unilaterally altering the existing reduced isolation standard – which […]
Thursday, June 25, 2015 | news
Today, the Supreme Court rejected a dangerous challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In King v. Burwell, the Court rejected a claim that the ACA does not authorize the federal government to provide financial assistance to individuals who purchase health insurance through a federal, not state, exchange. This decision ensures that health care will […]
Monday, June 23, 2003 | case-update
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling upholding the use of race in admissions at the University of Michigan Law School, in Grutter v. Bollinger. LDF represented student-intervenors in the undergraduate case, Gratz v. Bollinger. The Supreme Court’s ruling today is a […]
Monday, May 22, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP LDF Statement on Supreme Court Ruling Striking Down Two Racially Gerrymandered Districts in North Carolina In a 5-3 ruling, the Supreme Court today affirmed a lower court ruling invalidating the boundaries of two Congressional districts in North Carolina, agreeing with a Federal District Court that state lawmakers […]
Monday, March 4, 2024 | news
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States allowed Donald Trump to remain on the Colorado ballot for the upcoming presidential election after the Colorado Supreme Court held that Trump’s involvement in the January 6th Insurrection prohibited him from running for office in the state pursuant to the Colorado law and the U.S. Constitution. In […]
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following statement on Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement: “This is a monumental moment for our country. The very integrity of our justice system and the rule of law will be affected by the confirmation of a new justice to the Supreme […]
Monday, May 23, 2016 | news
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a series of decisions highlighting the ongoing importance of civil rights to the Court’s docket this Term, as well as the country at large. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is gratified that the Court, by overwhelming majority, upheld discrimination claims in […]
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 | news
Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Cook, a case that centers on President Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve board. Cook challenged her attempted dismissal last year, and, in September, a lower court issued a ruling requiring the Federal Reserve […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on Special Counsel’s Allegations of Russian Efforts to Suppress Black Votes Today, Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for their efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. In particular, the indictment alleges that part of the defendants’ “information warfare” scheme […]
Monday, November 26, 2018 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the police shooting of E.J. Bradford outside of Birmingham, Alabama: “The tragedy of E.J. Bradford’s death was only deepened by local law enforcement’s mistaken claim that he was the shooter who wounded two people at […]
