The Louisiana State Legislature created a new congressional map in 2024 with two majority-Black districts after a prior map was struck down.
Taxonomy: Amicus
Kivett v. North Carolina State Board of Elections
SCSJ and co-counsel submitted an amicus brief at the NC Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court to protect absentee military and overseas voters.
Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
SCSJ and a coalition of civil rights groups called upon the U.S. Supreme Court as amici curiae to affirm that South Carolina’s congressional map is racially gerrymandered, in violation of the 14th Amendment.
Texas v. Charles Kleinert
SCSJ represented the NAACP of Austin and the Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches as amici curiae in a case involving an Austin, Texas, police officer who killed a Black man during a criminal investigation.
County of Los Angeles v. Mendez
In 2017, SCSJ represented the NAACP and Policy Council on Law Enforcement and the Mentally Ill as amici in County of Los Angeles v. Mendez.