Tuesday, August 24, 2021 | news
Today, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, an urgently needed measure that would help protect the right to vote. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement in response: “We applaud the House of […]
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 | news
Today, the United States House of Representatives voted to pass the voting rights and election reform bill, H.R. 1 (the “For the People Act”). Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) issued the following statement in response to the vote: “We commend the House of Representatives for […]
Thursday, January 20, 2022 | news
Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Holly Thomas as a Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In response to Judge Thomas’s confirmation, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “We […]
Thursday, January 21, 2021 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the swearing in of Senators Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff, and Alex Padilla by Vice President Kamala Harris. “Yesterday, we witnessed a momentous occasion in the chamber of the United States Senate. Vice President Kamala Harris, […]
Thursday, January 27, 2022 | news
On behalf of lead plaintiff, Elizabeth Horton Sheff, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Center for Children’s Advocacy (CCA), the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, and Horton, Dowd, Bartschi & Levesque, PC announced today that a final settlement agreement has been reached in Sheff […]
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 | news
In response to the Georgia runoff election results, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill released the following statement: “LDF extends congratulations to Senator-elect Rev. Raphael Warnock on his historic election to the United States Senate. The election of the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther […]
Monday, March 15, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate confirmed Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), the agency responsible for protecting the nation’s natural resources and public lands, honoring its commitment to tribal nations, and advocating for America’s island communities. Secretary Haaland is the first Native American to serve in a Cabinet position. […]
Thursday, December 24, 2020 | news
This week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) bill into law. Going into effect in 2023, AVR will enable eligible voters to be automatically registered when interacting with a variety of state and local agencies. New York becomes the 19th state plus the District of Columbia to enact AVR. In […]
Monday, April 19, 2021 | news
Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed H.B. 1, an anti-protestor bill that creates a new criminal penalty called “mob intimidation,” intensifies criminal and civil penalties for those who engage in protests, and allows specific elected officials to appeal when a municipality reduces the operating budget of its police department. In response, NAACP Legal Defense and […]
Thursday, March 25, 2021 | news
Today, the Georgia state legislature passed S.B. 202, voter suppression legislation that was signed into law this evening by Governor Brian Kemp. Among other suppressive measures, S.B. 202 places new restrictions on absentee/mail-in voting and drop box submissions, bars the use of mobile voting vans, allows for limitless challenges to voter registration and eligibility, and […]
