Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
In December 2015, LDF filed a lawsuit on behalf of Greater Birmingham Ministries (“GBM”) and the Alabama NAACP challenging Alabama’s restrictive photo voter ID law HB 19. Although Alabama’s voter ID law was passed in June 2011, the State did not begin to implement it until after the Shelby County v. Holder decision in June […]
Friday, May 12, 2017 | ldf-perspectives
by Kyle Barry, LDF Policy Counsel Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has revealed that he is willing to trash longstanding Senate tradition and undermine his Senate colleagues to hand control of the federal courts over to President Donald Trump. Grassley said that he will allow Trump to go over the heads of Democratic senators to fill […]
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 | news
Today, a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, indicted only one of the three police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor more than six months ago. None of the officers were charged for killing Taylor. Only one officer, former Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officer Brett Hankison, was charged with three counts of wanton […]
Monday, June 29, 2015 | news
For years, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) has joined the families of victims in calls for accountability in investigations of deaths in police custody. Tuesday’s announcement of a tentative framework designating Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as an interim special prosecutor for such cases is a milestone and a step in the right direction. […]
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | case-issue
Policy Watch Government Shutdowns, Explained Frequently asked questions about government shutdowns, why they happen, and what comes next for federal funding. Source: shutterstock.com Sections What is a government shutdown? A government shutdown occurs when Congress does not pass legislation allocating funding for the federal budget, known as appropriations bills. The federal fiscal year runs from […]
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 | news
In the wake of the federal government shutdown, the Department of Justice has asked a court to press pause on all proceedings in United States, et al. v. Texas, et al., a challenge under the Voting Rights Act to Texas’s discriminatory photo ID law, until the Department’s funding is restored. LDF has joined the case on behalf of […]
Monday, February 14, 2011 | news
February is Black History Month and Tell Me More observes the month with a series of short vignettes. In this installment, regular contributor Arsalan Iftikhar shares his black history hero. I’m Arsalan Iftikhar, a civil rights attorney and frequent contributor to Tell Me More’s Barbershop segment. The black history figure who has always been a […]
Monday, February 24, 2014 | news
In the wake of the disappointing verdict in the Michael Dunn trial, Sherrilyn Ifill and Philip Goff, argue that “[w]ithout an honest effort to engage the realities of race and perception, we will continue to see sanitized prosecutions in cases involving shootings laden with racial implications. And worse, we will see more black and brown children […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | board-of-directors
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 | case-issue
Getzen v. Long Challenging Qualified Immunity Mr. Getzen was sitting on the bathroom floor of the apartment where he was staying, with his hands behind his neck when Deputy Jeff Long and his partner of the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office entered the bathroom with weapons drawn. Long and his partner were responding to a report […]
