Thursday, July 30, 2015 | case-update
Today, LDF Assistant Counsel Leah Aden will argue in United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia that Fayette County should hold fair elections for the open spot on the County Commission. LDF is seeking to restrain Fayette County from re-implementing its discriminatory at-large method of electing members to the County Board of Commissioners and […]
Monday, June 10, 2019 | news
LDF Fellow Sparky Abraham joins News Five Cleveland’s Ron Regan to discuss how water liens are disparately impacting Black communities in Cleveland and how Cleveland News Five’s investigation into water liens was instrumental to developing our full study, Water/Color: A Study of Race and the Water Affordability in America’s Cities.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | news
After months of convenings with industry experts and stakeholders, a bipartisan group of senators released a policy roadmap today outlining how the U.S. Congress might address issues related to artificial intelligence (AI). The report, drafted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Todd Young (R-IN), comes […]
Monday, February 5, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Expresses Concerns About Baltimore Police Recruits Who Graduated the Academy Despite Failing Constitutional Policing Tests Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Baltimore officials, and the independent monitor overseeing the January 2017 policing reform consent decree, […]
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) named two of the nation’s foremost civil rights attorneys to serve as the organization’s next Associate Directors-Counsel. For the first time since 2012, two people will serve in the role, the second-highest position at the nation’s premier legal institution for racial justice. Samuel Spital and Todd A. Cox will […]
Thursday, May 25, 2017 | news
Document Requests Sent to Maine and New Hampshire Secretaries of State Washington, D.C. – The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) today sent Freedom of Information Act requests to two states seeking documents related to President Trump’s recently formed Presidential Commission on Election Integrity. These requests follow two earlier rounds of requests that LDF […]
Friday, April 11, 2025 | news
In two letters sent to Mark Zuckerberg today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has removed itself from Meta’s external civil rights advisory group due to concerns over its content moderation and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policy changes. Earlier this year, Meta announced several changes to its content moderation policies, including ending third-party fact checking […]
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 | page
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | news
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) proudly endorses New York State Senate Bill S182, championed by Senator Robert Jackson, and Assembly bill A710, championed by Assemblymember Pamela Hunter. These bills would end qualified immunity in the State of New York, and important work has been done by impacted families and advocates to advance their passage. Qualified […]
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 | news
Today, at the invitation of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), the Policing Project at New York University School of Law has launched a website, www.nypdbodycameras.org, which contains a brief questionnaire to gather public feedback on the NYPD’s proposed body-worn camera policy. Individuals and organizations may provide additional feedback through a comment portal. Community […]
