Voting Rights and the Law with NAACP Legal Defense and ...

Civil Rights Organizations — The Civil Rights Project at UCLA

Links to advocacy and civil rights organizations. In these times, fighting for racial justice through disparate, isolated efforts is an inefficient luxury.

Title 52- Voting and Elections- Subtitle I and II - Department of Justice

All citizens of the United States who are otherwise qualified by law to vote at any election by the people in any State, Territory, district, county, city, ...

NAACP LDF launches $40 million civil rights lawyers pipeline program

Named in honor of Thurgood Marshall, LDF's founder and the nation's first Black Supreme Court justice, and Constance Baker Motley, a former LDF ...

History - MALDEF

MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) opened its doors on August 1, 1968 in San Antonio, Texas. Inspired by the civil-rights era ...

WilmerHale Stands for Equal Justice

We have recently expanded our pro bono efforts with a Racial Justice Reform Initiative that adds an expanding list of matters involving civil rights, police ...

140+ National Organizations Urge Senators to Confirm All Pending ...

We write to press the urgency of continuing to build a federal judiciary that lives up to its promise of equal justice for all.

Do voter identification laws suppress minority voting? Yes. We did ...

As we detail below, our research shows that these laws lower minority turnout and benefit the Republican Party.

Civil Rights Organizations and Connecticut Legislators Call for ...

Lawmakers, civil rights, labor, grassroots, and faith-based groups call for passage of the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CTVRA).

Shelby Co. v. Holder | Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, No. 1:10-cv-00651 (D.D.C.). The county asserts that Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when, in 2006, it ...

Sarah Seo '23 Selected as Inaugural NAACP Legal Defense Fund ...

Sarah Seo '23 has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Policy Fellowship.

National Civil Rights Organizations - New York State Bar Association

The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties ...

History | LatinoJusticePRLDEF

LatinoJustice PRLDEF is a national nonprofit that's played a profound role in advancing equity and justice for Latinx communities in the US, Puerto Rico and ...

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund - Britannica

MALDEF originated as a law firm born of the lawyers' frustration with the discrimination that Mexican Americans faced within the legal system.

About - NAACP

We are the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice. We advocate, agitate, and litigate for the civil rights due to Black America.

Legal defense fund - Wikipedia

In the United States, a legal defense fund (or LDF) is an account set up to pay for legal expenses, which can include attorneys' fees, court filings, ...

Section VII- Proving Discrimination- Disparate Impact

In Sandoval, however, the Supreme Court held that individuals did not have a right of action to enforce the Title VI disparate impact regulations in federal ...

'We must protect our core': Civil rights lawyer reacts to Trump win

Former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Sherrilyn Ifill joins the MSNBC panel to discuss what comes next now ...

Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church v. Kemp

Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on March 29, 2021, against Georgia's sweeping law that makes it much harder for all Georgians to ...

Practical Tools - American Bar Association

Practical Tools features a collection of ABA training, tools, tips, methods, and other resources related to equity and improvement in the American Justice ...

Election Fatigue and How to Deal with It - Thirteen.org

This week we speak with Dr. Lucy McBride and Prof. Niambi Carter about election fatigue. Americans are barraged with political ads, ...