Thursday, April 1, 2021 | news
Governor Ralph Northam has approved the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, a critical move to protect the right to vote for voters of color even as other states move to enact racially discriminatory voting legislation. Virginia’s adoption of this bill will make it the first state in the South to enact a state voting rights […]
Friday, September 23, 2022 | news
Yesterday, the United States House of Representatives passed a package of policing bills that included Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s Invest to Protect Act (H.R. 6448), which provides grant funding for law enforcement agencies for hiring and retention bonuses and overtime costs. H.R. 6448 also includes funding for certain types of law enforcement training, such as training […]
Monday, September 21, 2020 | news
Today, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement regarding the timeline for nominating a Supreme Court justice to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “We oppose any effort by President Trump and Senate Majority Leader McConnell to nominate and […]
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | news
Today, President Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, bringing to a conclusion a century-long and multigenerational campaign to employ the federal government’s significant powers against lynching—a distinctly American form of anti-Black violence and terrorism. In response, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the […]
Sunday, June 26, 2022 | news
On Saturday, President Biden signed the Safer Communities Act into law, the first major federal gun safety legislation since the now-expired 1994 assault weapons ban. In response, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement: “The recent tragedies in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, helped advance decades of […]
Saturday, May 22, 2021 | news
Today, the Biden administration announced that it will restore Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which the Trump administration rescinded in 2017. TPS allows recipients from designated countries experiencing violence and conflict or natural disasters to stay and work in the United States. In January 2018, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed […]
Friday, February 25, 2022 | news
Today, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court to fill the upcoming vacancy due to the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, announcing the first nomination of a Black woman to the Supreme Court in its 232-year history. In response, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) […]
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Vanita Gupta as Associate Attorney General of the United States, the third-ranking position in the Department of Justice (DOJ). Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding Gupta’s confirmation: “We congratulate our friend and colleague, […]
Thursday, April 7, 2022 | news
Today, the United States Senate confirmed the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in a bipartisan 53-47 vote. Justice Jackson becomes the first Black woman ever to sit on the nation’s highest court. In response to today’s vote, Janai S. Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the […]
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Kristen Clarke as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding Clarke’s confirmation: “The confirmation of Kristen Clarke as Assistant Attorney General for Civil […]
