Wednesday, March 6, 2019 | news
This week, the Senate is poised to honor the 54th anniversary of Bloody Sunday by confirming two anti-voting rights judicial nominees to lifetime appointments on the federal bench. Today, Chad Readler was confirmed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, despite not receiving a blue slip from Senator Sherrod Brown. And later in the week, […]
Thursday, January 18, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Condemns Senate Judiciary Committee Vote on President Trump’s Judicial and Executive Nominees Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the judicial and executive nominations of individuals the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has opposed, including Thomas Farr, Mark Norris, David Stras, and Eric Dreiband. […]
Thursday, May 24, 2018 | news
A week after the 64th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nominations of Wendy Vitter and Andrew Oldham, who each refused to endorse the Court’s momentous ruling. Todd A. Cox, Policy Director at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), […]
Thursday, February 28, 2019 | news
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted today to advance the nomination of Neomi Rao to serve on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Todd A. Cox, Policy Director at LDF, issued the following statement: “By advancing Neomi Rao’s nomination for a lifetime seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Senate Judiciary Committee is welcoming […]
Thursday, February 7, 2019 | news
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted today to advance the nomination of William Barr to serve as Attorney General of the United States. In addition to Mr. Barr, the Committee also voted to advance dozens of judicial nominees, including Chad Readler, Eric Murphy, and Wendy Vitter, all of whom the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, […]
Friday, January 5, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Condemns Renomination of Thomas Farr; Renews Call for Additional Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Today, the White House renominated Thomas Farr to serve as a federal judge in the Eastern District of North Carolina. In November, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) called on the Senate Judiciary […]
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | news
On Sunday, Oct. 27, a presidential candidate held a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City that was rife with deeply concerning racist and vulgar language. In response, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson issued the following statement: “The Legal Defense Fund vehemently condemns the racist statements made at the […]
Friday, March 21, 2025 | news
Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (ED), instructing Secretary McMahon to facilitate the closure of the federal agency. This action, based on disinformation, comes after the Trump Administration laid off nearly half the agency’s employees last week, and made drastic cuts to the Office for Civil Rights. […]
Thursday, January 23, 2025 | news
This week, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety,” which contains multiple provisions on the use of the federal death penalty. The order urges the U.S. Attorney General to pursue the death penalty for individuals who murder a law enforcement officer or for people who are unlawfully […]
Sunday, June 8, 2025 | news
President Trump issued a memoranda deploying at least 2,000 National Guard troops to California in response to protests against aggressive immigration raids in the Los Angeles area. At one location, SEIU United Service Workers West President David Huerta was injured by law enforcement and detained while advocating for immigrant workers. He has been released from […]
