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30 Nov 2010, 7:09 am by Nabiha Syed
Sherrilyn Ifill of The Root argues the case goes beyond the “the age-old state sovereignty versus federal courts story”; rather, she contends, “the condition of our prison system is a reflection of irresponsible state and federal policies that have often been expedient, but fiscally and morally unsound. [read post]
13 Apr 2018, 5:37 am by Joy Waltemath
“This case gets at the heart of a Black person’s ability to compete in the workplace without yielding to the false idea that their hair is inherently unprofessional,” Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel at LDF, said in a statement. [read post]
9 Jul 2018, 4:38 pm by Andrew Hamm
” At Politico, Sherrilyn Ifill contends that in this anniversary year, “anyone whose record does not show a demonstrated commitment to the Constitution’s core guarantees of equality and liberty for all should be soundly defeated. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 1:30 pm by David Lat
Ifill Challenges Chief Justice Roberts’ Take on Academic Scholarship [ACSblog] Sherrilyn Ifill on What the Chief Justice Should Read on Summer Vacation [Concurring Opinions] [read post]
9 Apr 2021, 10:00 am by Josh Blackman
Huang (Columbia), Sherrilyn Ifill (NAACP LDF), Michael Kang (Northwestern), Olatunde Johnson (Columbia), Trevor Morrison (NYU), Richard Pildes (NYU), Cristina Rodriguez (Yale, Co-Chair), Kermit Roosevelt (Penn), Bertrall Ross (Berkeley), David Strauss (Chicago), Laurnce Tribe (Harvard), Michael Waldman (NYU). [read post]
25 Feb 2023, 6:15 am by Lawrence Solum
” —Sherrilyn Ifill, former president and director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund  “Through deep research and gripping storytelling, Schwartz reveals a broken legal system in which justice so often remains elusive for those whose lives have been shattered by police violence. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 6:45 am by Jay Willis
At Concurring Opinions, Sherrilyn Ifill expresses disappointment at the socioeconomic disparity between former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and other, unsuccessful due process petitioners in recent Supreme Court terms. [read post]
4 Jul 2018, 5:43 am by SHG
The 14th Amendment, in particular, “hit the reset button on American democracy,” as Sherrilyn Ifill, director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, put it recently. [read post]
18 Oct 2016, 3:53 am by SHG
Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said, “I think Chief Cunningham correctly identifies the need to acknowledge and apologize as a first step, and I don’t want to diminish how important the first step is,” because many police organizations have been reluctant to grapple with racial issues. [read post]
28 Jun 2013, 8:08 am by Allison Trzop
” At The Root, Sherrilyn A. [read post]
30 Dec 2022, 11:19 am by Jake S. Truscott and Adam Feldman
Sherrilyn Ifill, a senior fellow at the Ford Foundation and a former president of the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, described Jackson’s “signature style” as “sharp, focused questions, a mastery of the record, and upbeat but often devastating lines of investigation that leave little room for advocates to hedge or dissemble. [read post]
15 Jul 2015, 9:30 pm by Kim Kirschenbaum
“Housing discrimination is the unfinished business of civil rights,” Sherrilyn Ifill, the president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, reportedly said. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 10:52 am by Conor McEvily
  Ariane de Vogue of ABCNews covers the latter case, in which the Court is considering whether the Fourth Amendment permits jails to conduct suspicionless strip searches whenever an individual is arrested; Nina Totenberg also previewed the case for NPR, while Jeremy Leaming of ACSblog summarizes comments made on the case by Sherrilyn Ifill of the University of Maryland School of Law. [read post]
9 Apr 2021, 9:53 pm by Josh Blackman
Also, I only counted two people who regularly appear before the Court: Walter Dellinger and Sherrilyn Ifill. [read post]
27 Apr 2020, 10:14 am by jlucivero
“Selecting Christina Swarns as the new Executive Director is, without question, an extraordinary win for the Innocence Project,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. [read post]
7 Jul 2023, 6:06 am by Gene Takagi
” Washington Post Top 10 Nonprofit Tweets: For Purpose Law Group: New Reporting Duties for California Charitable Trustees JD Supra: Now That We’re Past the Holiday, Let’s Dissect the Supreme Court’s Decision Concerning Affirmative Action and Any Implications It May Have for Private Employers Sherrilyn Ifill: After gutting affirmative action, Republicans target minority scholarships – MSNBC Benjamin Soskis: The most interesting finding in… [read post]
23 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Eric Segall
Although there is some movement, few promotion and tenure committees take these social media appearances seriously, but they are a gateway to true scholarly engagement (as I said above my Kagan social media essays resulted in an invitation to debate the great Sherrilyn Ifill on this issue in the Penn Law Review). [read post]
10 Jan 2021, 2:48 pm by Frank Pasquale
As Sherrilyn Ifill, President & Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has observed, "Lynchings were followed by normalization, silencing and impunity. [read post]
6 Feb 2013, 3:40 pm by Tamara Piety
For instance, there is this nice bit from Sherrilyn Ifill. [read post]