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LDF Lawyer Hears Echoes of Civil Rights Era Opponents in Today's Marriage Equality Debate
3/27/13Source:Ebony.comRia Tabacco Mar, LDF Assistant Counsel of the Economic Justice Practice, highlights in Ebony.com the strikingly similar text and tone of today's continuing debate on Marriage Equality with past language all too familiar to African Americans in the defense of institutional racial inequality.
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George Soros Foundation Pledges $1 Million to NAACP Legal Defense Fund
3/27/13Source:LDFNew Director Counsel Inspires Major Gift to America's Premier Legal Organization Fighting for Racial Justice
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Houston Chronicle Calls for Leadership and a New Fair Sentencing Hearing for Duane Buck
3/27/13Source:Houston ChronicleToday, the Houston Chronicle published an editorial calling on the Harris County District Attorney and U.S. Senator John Cornyn to show leadership and demand a new, fair sentencing hearing for LDF client, Duane Buck. Read about it here.
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LDF Lawyer Appears on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” to Discuss Legal Efforts to Dismantle School to Prison Pipeline
3/26/13Source:The Tom Joyner Morning ShowLDF attorney Damon Hewitt discussed LDF’s latest advocacy efforts to dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline live on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show with correspondent Roland Martin.
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LDF Pushes for D.C. Circuit Nominations
3/26/13Source:Roll CallThe U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia is the second most important court in the country. It has special jurisdiction for reviewing the actions of federal agencies. Additionally, under the Voting Rights Act, one of its members is required to sit on three-judge panels that decide whether to preclear voting changes by jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination.