Friday, September 18, 2020 | news
Tonight, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement on the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of the most consequential figures in American law and democracy. We must, first and foremost, lift up the extraordinary contributions of Justice […]
Thursday, January 28, 2021 | news
Actress Cicely Tyson, 1976. Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement on the passing of Cicely Tyson: “We have lost a true legend tonight. Cicely Tyson transcended stage and screen across a brilliant and celebrated seven-decade career. Her powerful portrayals of […]
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | news
Today marks the one-year-anniversary of the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols by Memphis Police Department Officers that were part of the Scorpion unit, a now disbanded specialized unit with a track record of abuses. The Memphis Police Department currently remains under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Four officers involved in the killing […]
Monday, January 31, 2022 | news
On Monday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued his “Blueprint to End Gun Violence,” which detailed his administration’s approach to addressing gun violence. In response to his plan, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement: “This past week has been a challenging one in New […]
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | news
On November 13, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court adopted a first-of-its-kind Code of Conduct for Supreme Court justices. The document establishes ethical rules and principles for members of the country’s highest court and was signed by all nine justices. In response to this announcement, LDF President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson issued the following statement: “While […]
Friday, May 13, 2022 | news
Yesterday, President Biden signed the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act, a measure to honor and preserve the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision by officially recognizing four other communities whose contributions were essential to the case. In addition to the National Park Service site that exists in Topeka, the Act will designate […]
Monday, October 25, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate confirmed Myrna Pérez to serve on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. An exceptional voting rights attorney who is intimately familiar with election law, Judge Pérez becomes the only Latina sitting on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court. In response to Judge Pérez’s confirmation, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel […]
Thursday, December 2, 2021 | news
Yesterday, during oral argument at the Supreme Court for the Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization case, Mississippi’s Solicitor General and several Justices invoked Brown v. Board of Education, which overruled Plessy v. Ferguson and brought an end to state-sanctioned racial segregation, as a potential justification for overruling Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, […]
Saturday, February 5, 2022 | news
On Wednesday, police officers in the Minneapolis Police Department’s (MPD) SWAT team executed a no-knock warrant at a residential address in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during which Officer Mark Hanneman fatally shot a 22-year-old Black man, Amir Locke, seconds after entering the home where he lay sleeping. Mr. Locke was not named in the search warrant. In […]
Saturday, April 10, 2021 | news
This week, the Maryland General Assembly passed a number of bills aimed at addressing long-standing accountability and transparency issues in law enforcement. These bills amend the Maryland Public Information Act to allow the disclosure of police disciplinary records; repeal the Law Enforcement Bill of Rights; establish an advisory board that will issue recommendations on the […]
