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Ferguson v. McDonough

Ferguson V. McDonough Challenging Qualified Immunity On July 9, 2018, Joseph Ferguson was tased by Officer McDonough of the Kenosha Police Department. Officer McDonough tased Mr. Ferguson after trying to arrest Mr. Ferguson for a domestic dispute that occurred in Mr. Ferguson’s apartment where the building manager called the police to report on a disorderly […]

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Federal Trial Concludes in Challenge to Florida Law That Undermines Voting Rights Restoration

Trial Outcome Will Impact the Right to Vote for Hundreds of Thousands of Floridians TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal trial that will impact the right to vote for hundreds of thousands of Floridians concluded today after more than a week of testimony and arguments. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, NAACP Legal Defense […]

Federal Judge Strikes Texas’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law

In a momentous ruling yesterday, federal district court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos struck down as racially discriminatory Texas’s photo ID law, Senate Bill 14 (SB 14). Judge Ramos found that SB 14 violates the federal Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution, and that it was enacted by the Texas legislature with the intent to discriminate […]

Federal Judge Strikes Texas’s Racially Discriminatory Photo ID Law

In a significant ruling today, federal district court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos struck down as racially discriminatory Texas’s photo ID law, Senate Bill 14 (SB 14), finding that it violates the federal Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. In United States v. Texas, consolidated with Veasey v. Perry, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. […]

Federal Judge Rules that Lawsuit against the State of Louisiana Over Failure to Offer Voter Registration Services May Continue

(New Orleans, LA) – Today, a federal court rejected the State of Louisiana’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit regarding the State’s failure to offer public assistance recipients the opportunity to register vote.  The court’s ruling means that public assistance clients and the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP can proceed with a lawsuit claiming that […]

Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Against U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Lawsuit Brought by Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations

Read a PDF of our statement here.  Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Against U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Lawsuit Brought by Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations Trump Administration Acted Illegally in Suspending Existing HUD Rule to Support Low-Income Families, Judge Finds In an important decision for low-income renters nationwide, U.S. District Court Judge […]

Federal Judge Grants Class Certification in Case Challenging WMATA’s Use of Overly Broad and Punitive Criminal Background Screening Policy

Federal Judge Grants Class Certification in Case Challenging WMATA’s Use of Overly Broad and Punitive Criminal Background Screening Policy Former African American employees and job applicants who were terminated from, or denied positions with, the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA) as a result of a racially discriminatory and overly broad criminal background check policy […]

Federal Judge Grants Class Certification in Case Challenging Discriminatory Use of Stops-and-Arrests for Trespass in New York City’s Public Housing

Today, United States District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin granted class certification in Davis v. City of New York, a case filed by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund—along with co-counsel, the Legal Aid Society—on behalf of plaintiffs challenging the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) policy and practice of illegally stopping and arresting public housing residents and their guests for the […]