Tuesday, May 4, 2021 | ldf-perspectives
LDF filed a federal lawsuit against Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee challenging Florida’s new law that greatly restricts voting access. The lawsuit argues that S.B. 90 creates unnecessary barriers and burdens that disproportionately impact Black and Latinx voters, and voters with disabilities, violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the First, Fourteenth, and […]
Wednesday, June 27, 2018 | issue-report
Monday, January 20, 2025 | news
New order puts newborns in harm’s way, is unconstitutional, and flouts fundamental American values FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2025 CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org Ari Mischik, ACLU of New Hampshire, ariana@aclu-nh.org Kate Lagreca, ACLU of Massachusetts, media@aclum.org Samuel Crankshaw, ACLU of Maine, scrankshaw@aclumaine.org Niketa Kumar, Asian Law Caucus, media@asianlawcaucus.org Troi Barnes, […]
Monday, June 23, 2025 | case-issue
Illinois Needs its Own Voting Rights Act The Illinois Voting Rights Act (ILVRA) Introduced: February 2025 As Black voters face the greatest assault on voting rights since Jim Crow, the Illinois Voting Rights Act (ILVRA) would enact strong protections to ensure Black voters and other voters of color can fully participate in the electoral process […]
Monday, October 8, 2012 | news
Re “At Home, and Accused of Trespassing” (About New York column, Sept. 28): Jim Dwyer reports that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg offered a “scoffing dismissal” to the suggestion that innocent people are wrongly charged with trespassing in New York City public housing. The mayor’s deliberate indifference to the realities of life for the 400,000 New […]
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 | case-update
On July 12th a federal court rejected New York City’s motion for summary judgment in a case that challenges the legality of NYPD tactics in the city’s public housing units. Last year the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and co-counsel form the Legal Aid Society filed a class action lawsuit against the City of New York and the […]
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 | news
NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy is hosting a debate on the role that segregation in neighborhoods and schools plays in hindering economic and racial equality. The latest installment of The Dream Revisited series asks “Why Integration?” Sherrilyn Ifill responds that we must “Focus on the Costs of Segregation for All.” Does […]
Monday, March 4, 2019 | page
Recent Decisions by Federal Courts Have Made it More Difficult to Continue Integration Programs Source: Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy Related Case or Issue: Thompson v. HUD NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy is hosting a debate on the role that segregation in neighborhoods and schools plays in hindering […]
Thursday, August 14, 2014 | news
On The Diane Rehm Show, Sherrilyn Ifill provides an update on voting rights around the country and calls for congressional action. Click here to read LDF’s updated roundup of voting changes around the country since the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby v. Holder.
Friday, October 24, 2014 | news
Watch Sherrilyn Ifill discuss the Texas Voter ID Law, the Supreme Court and voter suppression with Bill Moyers on Moyers and company: The Fight — and the Right — to Vote from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. This past weekend, the Supreme Court upheld Texas’ harsh voter ID law for the upcoming midterm elections, potentially disenfranchising some 600,000 mostly black and […]
