Friday, February 10, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. President Trump’s Executive Orders on Crime Reduction Ignores the Need for Policing Reforms Today, President Trump signed three executive orders detailing ways in which the White House will address crime, including violence against police. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) offered the following statement: “Today’s orders […]
Thursday, May 1, 2025 | case-issue
Justice in Public Safety Project President Trump’s Executive Order on Policing, Explained Download the PDF Factsheet Source: Shutterstock.com On April 28, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled, “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens.” This Executive Order (EO) (1) directs federal resources to promote aggressive policing tactics […]
Friday, August 1, 2025 | case-issue
Justice in Public Safety Project President Trump’s Executive Order on Criminalizing Unhoused People, Explained Homeless rights activists hold a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Apr. 22, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) On July 24, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) entitled, “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” This regressive […]
Thursday, September 25, 2025 | case-issue
Policy Watch President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” Explained The largest cuts to food assistance, health care, education programs, and student loan services in U.S. history — while giving tax breaks to the wealthy. Source: shutterstock.com President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) made the largest-ever cuts to social safety net programs in U.S. […]
Thursday, August 14, 2025 | case-issue
Justice in Public Safety Project President Trump Deploys D.C. National Guard and Takes Control of Metro Police Department What you need to know about the executive actions about law enforcement in Washington, D.C. A member of the military sets up metal fences in front of the National Guard’s headquarters at the D.C. Armory on Aug. […]
Thursday, March 21, 2013 | news
David R. Jones, President & CEO of the Community Service Society of New York (CSS), weighed in this week in on the continuing trend of racial disparities in New York City’s Specialized High Schools and Mayor Bloomberg’s insensitive response. CSS is one of nearly a dozen organizations that signed on as complainants in LDF’s federal […]
Monday, June 16, 2014 | news
Last week, President Obama announced his intention to nominate former LDF lawyer Victor Bolden to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. Victor served as Assistant Counsel at LDF from 1994 to 2000 and then returned to LDF as General Counsel from 2005 to 2009. The White House announcement referred to […]
Thursday, October 13, 2016 | news
Statement by the President on the Passing of Jack Greenberg Thanks to Jack Greenberg’s devotion to justice, millions of Americans have known the freedom to learn and work and vote and live in a country that more faithfully lives up to its founding principle of equality under the law. The son of immigrants who had […]
Friday, February 7, 2014 | news
In a conversation with Senator Elizabeth Warren, Alliance for Justice president Nan Aron, and retired federal judge Nancy Gertner about professional diversity on federal courts, Sherrilyn Ifill highlighted the importance of racial diversity in particular. In a conversation following the event, Sherrilyn Ifill, president and general counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said […]
Thursday, February 27, 2014 | news
Today, in an announcement following a promise made in his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama launched “My Brother’s Keeper” a landmark initiative focused on improving opportunities for young men of color by building pathways for success. LDF applauds this critical effort which recognizes the need to close opportunity gaps for young men of color and confront […]
