Wednesday, May 25, 2022 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund sent letters to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the nomination of Nancy Abudu to serve as a judge on the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the confirmation of Nusrat J. Choudhury to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (“EDNY”). […]
Wednesday, January 5, 2022 | news
Today, LDF sent a second letter urging the Rhode Island General Assembly’s Special Commission on Reapportionment to end prison-based gerrymandering. The letter asks the Commission to reallocate all incarcerated people to their home communities for the purposes of redistricting, including people serving long sentences. Recently, some commission members have suggested excluding people who are serving […]
Friday, November 12, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to urge the Rhode Island General Assembly’s Special Commission on Reapportionment to end the racially discriminatory and antidemocratic practice of prison-based gerrymandering when drawing its maps for this current redistricting cycle. Prison-based gerrymandering is the practice of counting incarcerated people at their […]
Thursday, September 16, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the Michigan Board of State Canvassers urging them to reject the proposed summary of purpose for the “Secure MI Vote” initiative petition. The proposed summary, as published on September 2 2021 on the Board of State Canvassers website, erroneously suggests that […]
Friday, September 17, 2021 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the Iberia Parish, Louisiana Council, urging members to reverse the eight recent polling place closures, and support the addition of an early voting site in Iberia Parish for the remaining 2021 elections. These polling place closures would burden voters ahead of the […]
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg regarding federal solutions to reduce police violence in traffic encounters. LDF’s letter supports the demands of Memphis advocates to prevent additional police violence against Black people following the killing of Tyre Nichols by members of the Memphis […]
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 | news
Amidst the ongoing wave of states passing anti-truth legislation, and with the recent passage of SB 17 (an anti-DEI bill) and SB 18 (an anti-tenure bill) in the Texas legislature, LDF sent a letter this afternoon signed by our president and director-counsel Janai Nelson to Governor Abbott urging him to veto the bills. The letter […]
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | news
Today, LDF sent a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul regarding her upcoming appointment for a new Chief Judge for New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals. LDF encourages Governor Hochul to select a candidate whose background, experience, and record demonstrate that they will enrich the Court’s diversity, strengthen its decision-making, advance […]
Friday, February 24, 2023 | news
Today, LDF and voting and civil rights organizations within the New York Voting Rights Coalition sent a letter to Governor Hochul, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie in support of the enactment of S657/A885, which would be a critical complement and foundation for the NYVRA’s protections. The letter also thanks the Governor for providing $2.6 […]
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (“LDF”) and Attorney Janey J. Lamar sent a letter urging Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to veto Senate Bills (S.B.) 303 and 304 that would impose unnecessary burdens and restrict access to voting. The bills have passed both houses of the Michigan Legislature. If allowed to become law, […]
