Wednesday, March 13, 2024 | news
“South Carolina officials requested to lift a federal court order that prohibits the State from using a racially gerrymandered congressional map for the November 2024 elections in Congressional District 1. If these officials had their way, they would conduct elections in South Carolina for the second election cycle under an unconstitutional congressional map. The Legal Defense […]
Sunday, March 12, 2017 | news
“If you look at the 23rd Judicial District or the 16th Judicial District, they all have districts like the one we’re trying to achieve, which is a district where black voters are the majority,” said Leah Aden, attorney for the New York-based NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which is representing the local NAACP chapter in the […]
Tuesday, October 4, 2016 | news
How Hillary Clinton’s Allies Are Expanding the Vote Behind the Scenes Leah Aden, senior counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, called [Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s] restoration of voting rights “courageous.” “This is a key civil rights issue, that more than 5 million in our country can’t vote because of a felony conviction,” Aden said. […]
Thursday, November 12, 2020 | news
Read the PDF of the testimony here Letter offers support of Council Bill (“CB”) 20-0626 and further measures to alleviate the water affordability crisis in Baltimore LDF Senior Counsel and Thurgood Marshall Institute Researcher Coty Montag testified today in support of Baltimore’s Water Accountability and Equity Act Modifications Bill (CB 20-0626). The bill includes measures […]
Thursday, September 3, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) and fifteen other organizations sent a letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis urging him to issue an Executive Order to take critical steps to ensure that the November 3rd Election is conducted as safely as possible amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Detailed within the letter, we […]
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Sends List of Questions to Baltimore City Council for Commissioner-Designate De Sousa to Answer at Confirmation Hearing The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a list of questions to the Baltimore City Council outlining key matters that must be addressed by Baltimore Police Department (BPD) Commissioner-Designate […]
Monday, October 24, 2022 | news
LDF sent letters to election officials in Berkeley County, Marion County, Florence County, and Orangeburg County South Carolina urging them to designate additional early voting centers for the November 2022 election, and to do so in locations that are more accessible to Black voters. LDF also sent a letter urging Beaumont County, South Carolina officials […]
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 | news
Today, LDF, the ACLU, the ACLU of South Carolina, and the South Carolina NAACP sent letters to the South Carolina Association of Counties (SCAC) and the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee outlining concerns about the redistricting process, lack of transparency, and several components of proposed maps. In the letter to the South Carolina Association of […]
Thursday, May 20, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) sent two letters to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee leaders in support of the nomination of Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, to serve as a judge on the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as a judge […]
Thursday, August 5, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. sent letters to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the confirmation of Jia Cobb to serve on the district court for the District of Columbia and Myrna Pérez to serve on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The role of the federal […]
