Friday, September 10, 2021 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has submitted a response to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) proposal for “Identifying and Managing Bias in Artificial Intelligence.” In its letter to NIST, LDF highlights that the proposal should: include greater context on the historic and contemporary relationship between racial inequality and technological innovation; be […]
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 | news
On Dec. 18, the Trump administration issued an Executive Order to encourage the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to complete a rule making process that began in 2024, when it collected public comments about the reclassification of marijuana on its drug schedule. The public submitted over 40,000 comments, many of which took the position that marijuana […]
Friday, March 29, 2024 | news
Yesterday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its Memorandum on “Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence,” which sets requirements and offers guidance for federal agencies’ development, procurement, and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. In response, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Manager of the Justice in Public Safety […]
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 | news
Yesterday, President Biden issued an executive order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI). The order builds on the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights that the Biden administration issued last year, and mandates steps that the federal government must take to regulate AI and address risks of algorithmic bias. In response to […]
Friday, November 21, 2025 | news
Yesterday, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction in District of Columbia v. Trump, temporarily halting President Trump’s National Guard deployment in Washington D.C. as the case proceeds, indicating that this deployment was likely unlawful. The order will go into effect in 21 days unless there is an appeal. In September, the Legal Defense Fund […]
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 | news
This week, the U.S. House of Representative’s bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) released a report outlining policy proposals and recommendations for the regulation of AI. The report acknowledges that AI can lead to inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise flawed outputs and exacerbate existing biases in systems even when it is accurate, leading to discrimination […]
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 | news
This week, Sherrilyn Ifill and NAACP LDF’s Education Group recorded a high volume of media hits around the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Schuette vs. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action. SCOTUS broke with longstanding precedent by refusing to ensure that the political process in Michigan is not used by the majority to suppress the minority’s right to equal participation. The […]
Saturday, January 25, 2020 | news
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Senior Counsel Raymond Audain sits with Fordham University law professor Gemma Solimene to discuss the termination of Haiti TPS and what it will mean for 58,000 residents.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 | news
Christina Swarns, Director of LDF’s Criminal Justice Project, appeared on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry show to discuss the problems with Stand Your Ground laws.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 | news
President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill appears on Hardball with Chris Matthews after President Obama’s surprise speech about race in America after the verdict. She discusses the difference between the communication style of Rachel’s Jeantel’s testimony and whether the jurors found her testimony to be compelling and credible, and that relates to the fateful night and […]
