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District Court Allows South Carolina’s Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map to Remain in Place for 2024 Election Cycle

CONTACT: Phoebe Plagens, media@naacpldf.org, 646-979-7382 Ella Wiley, ACLU, media@aclu.org, 925-819-0555 Paul Bowers, ACLU-SC, pbowers@aclusc.org, 843-608-8141 COLUMBIA, S.C. — A three-judge district court issued an order allowing South Carolina’s racially gerrymandered congressional map to remain in place for 2024 elections. This order comes in response to defendants’ delayed request to keep the unconstitutional map in place […]

Disparate Impact

The Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling on the Fair Housing Act will test our nation’s commitment to equal treatment under the law.  It will determine whether equal opportunity in housing continues to be one of our most cherished values.  As our nation becomes more diverse in every way, the Fair Housing Act helps to foster stronger and […]

Dismantling The School To Prison Pipeline

Director of LDF’s Washington D.C. Office Urges Congress to Make Judicial Nominations Top Priority

In the wake of the mid-term elections, Leslie Proll, LDF Director of the Washington, D.C. office, implores the returning Senate to make top priority the over 34 judicial nominations awaiting confirmation in an op-ed posted in The Root.  Senate GOP Now Has a Majority. It Shouldn’t Stand in the Way of Judicial Diversity By: Leslie Proll […]

Director of LDF’s Criminal Justice Project to Participate in Paris, France, Bar Conference on International Women’s Day

Christina Swarns, Director of LDF’s Criminal Justice Project, has been invited by Christiane Féral-Schuhl, the President of the Paris Bar, to participate in the upcoming Paris Bar Conference, “Ces Femmes Qui Portent La Robe – Femmes Engages, Femmes de Réseau” (“These Women Who Wear the Robe – Women Engaged, Women Networking”).  This event will take […]

Dignity in Schools Campaign, LDF, Local Advocates Announce Recommendations for Mississippi State Education Plan

Dignity in Schools Campaign, Legal Defense Fund, Local Advocates Announce Recommendations for Mississippi State Education Plan Jackson, Mississippi – Today, the Dignity in Schools Campaign (DSC), NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and local advocates announced their recommendations for Mississippi’s draft state education plan, which will be submitted on September 18th to the […]

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DHS’s Arrest of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander Erodes Trust in Our Legal System

Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Associate Director-Counsel Todd A. Cox issued the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrest of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander inside an immigration courthouse: “The arrest of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander reflects a pattern of DHS arrests of officials who ask questions or […]

Deuel Ross States Governor is Wrong on Voter ID Law in Op-Ed

In an op-ed on AL.com, LDF’s Fried Frank Fellow Deuel Ross argues Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s view on voter ID laws does not fit the facts: In January, after watching the film “Selma,” Gov. Robert Bentley was asked whether Alabama’s new voter ID laws serve as modern-day parallels to the state’s old registration laws. Bentley answered no, […]

Deuel Ross Quoted in Vice on Alabama Voting Laws

Alabama’s New Fight for Voting Rights …In response, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill—backed by writers at the National Review—argued that the state’s DMV offices were not the sole source of government-issued ID cards, and that county registrars could issue the required state IDs. Merrill also emphasized that the state had a “mobile unit” for […]