Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | news
Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina dismissed a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s discriminatory censorship law, Budget Proviso 1.79, in the state’s K-12 public schools. The decision is a disappointing outcome for South Carolina students, educators, and school communities already affected by the proviso’s widespread restrictions on the teaching of certain […]
Thursday, April 6, 2017 | case-update
On April, 6 2017, a federal court denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to Alabama’s discriminatory voter ID law brought by plaintiffs represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. The ruling comes in the case of Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill, which LDF filed in the Northern District of Alabama in December of 2015 […]
Thursday, April 6, 2017 | news
A federal court today denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to Alabama’s discriminatory voter ID law brought by plaintiffs represented by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. The ruling comes in the case of Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill, which LDF filed in the Northern District of Alabama in December of 2015 […]
Thursday, August 14, 2025 | news
Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama declined to issue a preliminary injunction to block the enforcement of Alabama’s discriminatory censorship law, SB 129, in the state’s public colleges and universities. The decision means that the law will remain in effect while the case moves forward — a disappointing outcome for […]
Thursday, January 2, 2014 | case-update
A federal district court preliminarily approved a settlement to resolve a long-running lawsuit that challenged the New York City Board of Education’s discriminatory policies for hiring public school custodians. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) represents ten African-American and Latino custodians who were denied permanent jobs and, instead, relegated to provisional positions, in which […]
Monday, June 17, 2013 | case-update
A federal district court preliminarily approved a $7.5 million settlement of a national class action lawsuit, which alleged that Wet Seal had a policy of denying equal pay and promotion opportunities and firing African-American store management employees. As part of the settlement Wet Seal has agreed to make numerous changes to address the discrimination charges brought by […]
Monday, June 17, 2013 | news
Court Approval Means Key Changes of Company’s Practices and Awards to Black Managers A federal district court preliminarily approved a $7.5 million settlement of a national class action lawsuit, which alleged that Wet Seal had a policy of denying equal pay and promotion opportunities and firing African-American store management employees. As part of the settlement […]
Thursday, July 10, 2025 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. CONCORD, N.H. — A federal court in New Hampshire today blocked President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship and certified a nationwide class that protects the citizenship rights of all children born on U.S. soil. The case is Barbara v. Donald J. Trump. The ruling stems from a […]
Monday, February 10, 2025 | news
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 Marion Steinfels, SDDF, press@statedemocracydefenders.org Troi Barnes, Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org Yatziri Tovar, Make the Road NY, yatziri.tovar@maketheroadny.org Juan Proaño, LULAC, jproano@lulac.org […]
Monday, May 25, 2020 | news
A federal court today blocked a South Carolina requirement that forced people who vote absentee to obtain a witness signature. The ruling, which applies to the June primary, makes it safer for South Carolinians to vote during the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of South Carolina, and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational […]
