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Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearing on Voting Rights Act

In keeping with the bipartisan support that the Voting Rights Act has always enjoyed, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing, “From Selma to Shelby County: Working Together to Restore the Protections of the Voting Rights Act,” for Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office […]

Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General Despite His Lifelong Opposition to Civil Rights

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines, 11-9, to report the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General to the Senate floor despite the fact that he has been a lifelong opponent of civil rights and lacks the independence essential to the role of Attorney General. The full Senate must reject this nomination. […]

Senate Fails to Confirm Nominee for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights

  Statement by Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of LDF I am deeply disappointed that the United States Senate failed to confirm Debo Adegbile for the position of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice. The Senate voted against cloture (closing debate) on the nomination. We call upon Senator Reid to […]

Senate Confirms Jacqueline A. Berrien As Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commision

The Senate confirmed by Jacqueline A. Berrien, the former Associate Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), as Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC) by unanimous consent on December 22, 2010.  Berrien was nominated for the position by President Obama on July 16, 2009.  Due to the Senate inaction on her […]

Senate Committee Votes in Favor of Betsy DeVos Despite Lack of Experience to Lead DOE

Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted along party lines, 12-11, to report the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education to the Senate floor despite the fact that she is woefully unqualified to lead the Department of Education. The full Senate should reject this confirmation. Ms. DeVos’ confirmation hearing […]

Selma’s Power: An Emblem of Hope at a Critical Time for Voting Rights

Selma’s Power: An Emblem of Hope at a Critical Time for Voting Rights By Ella Wiley Former Senior Communications Associate Each year, thousands of voting rights leaders, activists, and allies gather in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the march that played an essential role in the passage of 1965’s Voting Rights Act (VRA). 2023 marks the […]

Selma: Defending Democracy in the 50th Anniversary Year of the Voting Rights Act

SELMA: 53rd Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act

Selma to Montgomery March Profiles of LDF Co-counsel Charles Stephen Ralston, Fred D. Gray and Solomon Seay, Jr.

Charles Stephen Ralston  Steve Ralston was born in San Francisco, California, in 1937. He attended public schools there, and received his B.A. in 1959 and J.D. in 1962 from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall School of Law). After serving in the United States Army Reserves, he spent a year at Columbia School of […]

Seidner v. de Vries : Qualified Immunity

Seidner v. de Vries  Challenging Qualified Immunity On February 25, 2019, Preston Seidner was riding his bicycle home shortly after midnight. He was within a block of his home when he rode past Officer Jonathan de Vries, a police officer with the Mesa Police Department. Officer de Vries activated his overhead lights, intending to cite Mr. […]