Sunday, January 15, 2017 | news
“It just completely changes the calculus,” said Deuel Ross, a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. “These discriminatory changes can go into effect and stay in effect for years, while someone has to spend millions of dollars and hire an attorney in order to even potentially win it.” Read the full article […]
Thursday, December 3, 2015 | news
Civil Rights Groups Sue Alabama Over Voter ID Law Watch Roland Martin, Scott Douglas from Greater Birmingham Ministries and Bernard Simelton, President of the Alabama NAACP [with Deuel Ross, LDF Assistant Counsel] discuss the lawsuit against Alabama over their discriminatory Voter ID law in the video clip below. Your browser does not support iframes. Read […]
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 | news
Is Trump Urging His Gun-Toting Supporters To Break Voter Intimidation Laws? Civil rights groups are already gearing up for an especially tense Election Day. Meanwhile, the federal government has been hobbled by a 2013 Supreme Court ruling in its ability to monitor elections in places with histories of voter intimidation. Of particular concern are states […]
Thursday, August 18, 2016 | news
Voting Rights Success? Not So Fast In Texas, Michigan, North Carolina and elsewhere, federal courts in recent months have struck down one discriminatory voting law after another in a series of major victories for voting-rights advocates. Millions of voters, especially minorities who might have otherwise been obstructed by voter-identification requirements or shortened early voting […]
Friday, January 30, 2015 | news
LDF’s Fried Frank Fellow Deuel Ross was the keynote speaker for the 29th Annual MLK Commemorative event at the University of Wisconsin on January 28th. Ross spoke on “The Voting Rights Act: Historical and Contemporary Developments.” Ross’ work includes promoting the equal and active participation of all African-American voters in the democratic process. This year marks […]
Friday, October 21, 2016 | news
The New Civil Rights March: Resisting Alabama’s Photo ID Law Alabama is the home of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, designed to fight voter suppression. But since 2014, Alabama citizens have been required to present a state-approved photo ID at the polls. The state acknowledges that up to 25,000 voters don’t have the required ID, […]
Saturday, March 7, 2015 | news
LDF Fried Frank Fellow Deuel Ross speaks with Southern California Public Radio on votings barriers in Alabama. You can hear Ross at the 45:00 mark here.
Monday, August 8, 2016 | news
Voter ID Rulings Could Impact Alabama “It is important that now two federal appellate courts … are saying states have gone way too far with these kinds of restrictions on voting,” said Deuel Ross with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which filed the challenge to Alabama’s law. “We expect the judge will be made aware […]
Friday, March 30, 2018 | staff
Deuel is Director of Litigation at the Legal Defense Fund (LDF). As one of two Directors of Litigation, Deuel co-leads the litigation department with Chris Kemmitt. Deuel supervises LDF’s cases related to ensuring equal educational opportunities and protecting equal access to the political process for African Americans and others. He has extensive experience litigating in […]
Friday, February 16, 2018 | case-issue
LDF and ACLU of Michigan Ask for Immediate Moratorium on Detroit’s Water Shut-offs In response to the growing water crisis in Detroit, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and the Legal Defense Fund sent a letter to Detroit officials urging an immediate moratorium on shut-offs while a fair, humane and meaningful review process can […]
