Thursday, June 23, 2022 | news
On February 17, 2022, WNBA superstar Brittney Griner was detained upon her arrival in Moscow. As of April 29, 2022, Griner was officially classified as a Wrongful Detention by the U.S. State Department. On Wednesday, June 22nd, a diverse coalition of civil and human rights organizations penned a letter to the White House asking officials […]
Thursday, February 29, 2024 | news
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the Center for Constitutional Rights—leaders of civil rights organizations that are based or have offices in Atlanta and have a long history of social justice advocacy in this city and across Georgia—have sent a letter to the Atlanta City Council urging it […]
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 | news
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the National Urban League, represented by O’Melveny & Myers LLP, filed an amicus brief in Barnes v. Felix, encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the so-called “moment of threat” doctrine, a dangerous legal framework which undermines police accountability, encourages police violence, and disproportionately harms Black people. The […]
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 | news
Today, four major civil rights groups sent a letter to U.S. Senators urging them to oppose introduction and co-sponsorship of the Protect and Serve Act of 2018, which would extend hate crime protections to law enforcement officers. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Leadership Conference on Civil […]
Friday, February 18, 2022 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU), and a coalition of civil rights groups sent a letter urging Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to veto state legislative maps, H.B. 14 and S.B. 1, that violate the Voting Rights Act by failing to add a second majority-Black district […]
Friday, February 18, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Louisiana, and 20 other civil rights organizations sent a letter to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards urging him to veto the congressional map recently passed by the state legislature (HB 1 and SB 5). The map violates Section 2 of the […]
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | news
Today, Legal Defense Fund, ACLU of Georgia, and the Southern Poverty Law Center sent letters to all Georgia counties regarding early voting during the upcoming runoff election. The groups urge officials to offer additional advance voting for the December 6, 2022 Runoff Election beyond the minimum five days of advance voting that are mandated by Georgia […]
Monday, March 7, 2011 | news
Civil Rights Groups Urge Florida Board Of Executive Clemency Not To Further Restrict Voting Rights Move Would Harm Voting Fairness In A State With History Of Serious Election Problems TALLAHASSEE, FL – Four of the nation’s premier civil rights organizations, the American Civil Liberties Union, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, the Sentencing Project […]
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | news
ACLU of Connecticut, Legal Defense Fund, Voting Rights Advocates at Connecticut Capitol Today HARTFORD, Conn. — Today, the ACLU of Connecticut (ACLU of CT), the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), and leading civil and voting rights advocates gathered at the Connecticut Capitol to urge legislators to commit to fully funding the Connecticut Voting Rights Act […]
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | news
LDF, Community Change Action, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the NAACP, the National Urban League, and UnidosUS sent a letter urging members of Congress to pass the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) focused on helping children in low-income families as soon as possible, and to refrain from passing any extension or expansion […]
