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Molly Cain

Molly Cain joined LDF as the John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow in 2022. Prior to joining LDF, Molly served as a law clerk to the Honorable Carlton W. Reeves on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and to the Honorable Henry F. Floyd on the U.S. Court of […]

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MLK Jr. Day speaker: Dismantle ‘school-to-prison pipeline’

On Monday, Monique Lin-Luse, Special Counsel to the Education Group at LDF, spoke at the annual MLK-day memorial luncheon hosted by the Salt Lake City branch of the NAACP. She spoke about the school-to-prison pipeline and barriers to educational equality. MLK Jr. Day speaker: Dismantle ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ The Salt Lake TribuneJanuary 20, 2014  Martin Luther King […]

Missouri 2018 Prepared to Vote

Misleading Quinnipiac Poll Obscures Real Problems of Policing in Public Housing

Poll Questions Include Inaccurate Data, Rely on False Premises (New York, NY)–A poll released today by Quinnipiac University relies on inaccurate data and false premises to reach an unsubstantiated conclusion that city voters want the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) to resume vertical patrols of public housing hallways when, in fact, they never stopped. The poll asks: […]

Minnesota Leads the Region in Voting Rights Protection with the Historic Passage of the Minnesota Voting Rights Act (MNRA)

St Paul, Minnesota— Early this morning, the Minnesota Senate passed the Minnesota Voting Rights Act (MNVRA), which provides groundbreaking protection against racial discrimination in voting. This legislation makes Minnesota the first and only state to respond to the 8th Circuit’s opinion which eliminated the private right of action under the federal VRA, and leading other […]

Milligan Plaintiffs Denounce Alabama’s Congressional Map that Violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Supreme Court Order

Plaintiffs respond to the Alabama Legislature passing another congressional map that lacks a second majority-Black district, in direct violation of federal law and the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Legislature today voted to enact a second congressional map that violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The vote comes […]

Milligan Plaintiffs Applaud Court Decision Requiring Alabama to Keep Fair Map Through 2030

Read a PDF of our statement here. A federal court has unanimously ordered that Alabama must continue to use an independently drawn congressional map for the rest of the decade. This court-ordered map includes two districts where Black voters have a fair opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. The map was used in the 2024 […]

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWFRO) v. Donald J. Trump, et. al.

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWFRO) v. Donald J. Trump, et. al. Challenging Efforts to Disenfranchise Black Voters and Overturn 2020 Election Results On November 20 2020, LDF filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and three Detroit residents in a lawsuit challenging […]