Thursday, December 12, 2024 | news
Today, President Biden granted commutations to nearly 1,500 people serving the remainder of their sentences in home confinement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARES Act was enacted in March 2020 and was later expanded to allow certain medically vulnerable people in federal prisons to be released into federal custody […]
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 | news
California Assemblymember Mike Davis on the passage of AB 420 in the California State Assembly last week, a bill that seeks to end prison-based gerrymandering in California. This important legislation will help bring California’s redistricting process in line with basic principles of fairness in the democratic process. During previous redistricting cycles, California counted prison populations […]
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 | news
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and its Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) released new guidance establishing that “Special Purpose Credit Programs” (SPCPs) that are otherwise generally lawful do not run afoul of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and encouraging lenders to “seriously consider” creating SPCPs to […]
Thursday, January 19, 2023 | news
Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a new proposed “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” (AFFH) rule that acts upon the Fair Housing Act’s mandate to ensure fair housing for all Americans. The proposed rule “aims to remedy the effects of the long history of discrimination in housing” and builds upon the […]
Monday, December 19, 2022 | news
Today, the House Select Committee on January 6th referred four criminal charges to the United States Department of Justice against former president Donald J. Trump and referred several Congressional members to the bipartisan ethics Committee for review. Janai S. Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, issued the following statement addressing these developments […]
Monday, December 8, 2014 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund commends the efforts undertaken by the Department of Justice to update its 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. The new guidance, which expands protections against racial profiling to other characteristics–including national origin, gender, religion, and sexual orientation—is a critical step toward ensuring […]
Thursday, September 25, 2014 | news
(NEW YORK) The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. today lauded the stellar leadership of departing Attorney General Eric Holder, who announced his resignation this morning. LDF also emphasized the need for continued vigilance in the protection of civil rights. “When Attorney General Holder took the helm of the Department of Justice in 2009, […]
Thursday, June 23, 2022 | news
Today, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new set of policies and procedures strengthening the enforcement apparatus of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits the granting of federal funds to state and local programs that engage in racial, color, or national origin discrimination. The protocols also strengthen […]
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 | news
Schools Around the Nation Now Have Guiding Principles to Help Improve School Climate and School Discipline Today, for the first time, the United States Departments of Education and Justice jointly released guidance that outlines civil rights obligations regarding school discipline that schools and districts throughout the country must follow affirming that “racial discrimination in school […]
Friday, December 6, 2024 | news
Today, a federal court issued a ruling upholding the U.S. Naval Academy’s limited consideration of race in admissions, concluding that the program is constitutional because it is narrowly tailored to meet mission-critical national security interests. In response to the ruling, Michaele Turnage Young, Senior Counsel and Co-Manager of the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Equal Protection […]
