Friday, May 13, 2022 | news
BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, a five-day evidentiary hearing for a preliminary injunction came to a close in Robinson v. Ardoin, the case challenging Louisiana’s congressional map as a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. At the hearing, civil rights groups presented their case for enjoining the discriminatory map which […]
Monday, January 30, 2017 | ldf-perspectives
By Elizabeth Olsson Senior Policy Associate The confirmation hearing of Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos did little to assuage our concerns about her fitness to serve. In fact, her testimony raised new apprehensions. It seems clear from her responses to questions presented by senators, Ms. DeVos is unaware of her legal obligations under critical federal […]
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 | news
Today, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitutional, Civil Rights, and Human Rights heard tesimony on “‘Stand Your Ground’” Laws: Civil Rights and Public Safety Implications of the Expanded Use of Deadly Force.” Click the link to read the testimony that was presented to the subcommittee from LDF.
Thursday, January 19, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. Statement of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. If there was any doubt about Betsy DeVos’ preparedness or suitability to lead the Department of Education, her inability to answer questions about or engage with even the fundamentals of education law and policy more than demonstrated that […]
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 | news
Haygood and Ifill Talk About Voting, MLK and Economic Justice on MSNBC On Friday, Ryan Haygood, Director of the Political Participation Group, talked with Chris Matthews on Hardball about Voter ID laws. “Voter ID laws are really a modern iteration of the bygone era of poll taxes and other impediments to the ballot box,” Haygood […]
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 | news
State legislatures in the past few years have made more than 250 attempts to pass laws to roll back voting rights and 22 states have approved such laws, NAACP panelists said Tuesday, accusing Republicans of trying to quash the growing minority vote. Political power first shifted in the 2010 election when the GOP took majority […]
Friday, January 23, 2015 | news
Ryan Haygood was the keynote speaker at the Alliance San Diego’s All Peoples Celebration, “I Am a Human, I Am the Dream” event, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The event took place Jan 19, 2015 at 10AM at Balboa Park Activity Center in San Diego, CA. Over 1,000 people were in attendance to the […]
Friday, July 18, 2014 | news
In a Letter-To-The-Editor published in The New York Times titled “Race and Voting Rights,” Ryan P. Haygood, the Director of LDF’s Political Participation group sets the record straight: Race and Voting Rights To the Editor: Re “Mistrust in North Carolina Over Plan to Reduce Precincts” (news article, July 8): While there is no dispute that “the overt […]
Thursday, June 26, 2014 | news
In an op-ed for The Houston Chronicle, Ryan Haygood reflects on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s devastating decision in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder and calls on Congress to swiftly pass the Voting Rights Amendment Act. On the morning of Feb. 27, 2013, I entered the Supreme Court as part of the […]
Thursday, March 6, 2014 | news
This morning, Ryan Haygood appeared on Democracy Now! in support of our colleague Debo Adegbile. As one of the preeminent civil rights lawyers of his generation, Mr. Adegbile has committed most of his life’s work to advancing civil rights in America. Yesterday, the Senate devastatingly failed to confirm Mr. Adegbile for the position of Assistant Attorney General […]
