Wednesday, November 17, 2021 | news
Today, for the first time in a decade and for only the 24th time in United States history, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to censure Representative Paul Gosar, who recently posted an animated video in which he is depicted killing a fellow House Representative and menacing President Biden. The House […]
Thursday, March 18, 2021 | news
As the Asian American community deals with Tuesday’s mass shootings in Atlanta that left eight dead, including six Asian women, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational and Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement: “LDF stands in solidarity with the Asian American community during this painful time. This week’s mass shooting […]
Thursday, April 28, 2022 | news
Today, a divided U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Jane Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., holding that a number of federal anti-discrimination laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, do not permit victims of intentional discrimination to recover damages for emotional distress. As Justice Breyer, joined by Justices Sotomayor and […]
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate failed to reach the supermajority threshold needed to overcome the filibuster and open debate regarding the Freedom to Vote Act, a critical piece of federal voting rights legislation. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “It is both […]
Saturday, May 14, 2022 | news
Today, an 18-year-old white supremacist shot and killed at least 10 individuals in a shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket that law enforcement is treating as a hate crime. In response, Janai S. Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following statement: “We send our deepest condolences to the […]
Thursday, September 24, 2020 | news
This week, President Trump issued an “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” that takes aim at federal agencies, grant programs, and contractors – forbidding them from engaging in programs and trainings that promote diversity and inclusion and conditioning federal funding on adherence to a prescribed belief system. The executive order also threatens penalties […]
Saturday, May 25, 2024 | news
Today marks four years since George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin. Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), issued the following statement about the incident that triggered unprecedented protests around the world: “We extend our heartfelt condolences to George Floyd’s family and stand with them […]
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to consider the nomination of Kristen Clarke for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement after the hearing: “Today, America had a chance to see the Kristen […]
Saturday, September 17, 2022 | news
Yesterday, the White House hosted the “United We Stand” Summit, a full-day event designed to celebrate the equal dignity of all people and resist the rising current of hate-fueled violence that in recent years has traumatized marginalized communities and threatens to undermine America’s multiracial, multiethnic, and multicultural democracy. During the Summit, the Biden Administration announced […]
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) released a statement reiterating its previously expressed support of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (NYVRA), a bill aimed at rooting out racial discrimination in voting and one that will distinguish New York State as a national leader in the movement to defend and expand […]
