LDF Condemns Deployment of National Guard and Federal Takeover of D.C. Metro Police Department

Read a PDF of our statement here.

Today, President Trump announced the deployment of the D.C. National Guard and that he would work with state governors to deploy other National Guard units to Washington, D.C. The President issued an executive order claiming ...

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 ...

LDF Submits Supplemental Testimony Urging Texas Legislators to Halt Mid-Decade Redistricting Plan

On August 8, 2025, the Legal Defense Fund; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated; the Barbara Jordan Leadership Institute; the Houston Area Urban League; Black Voters Matter; and Friendship-West Baptist Church submitted supplemental public testimony regarding ...

LDF Commemorates 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act Amid U.S. Democracy Crisis

Read a PDF of our statement here.

Sixty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) into law, enshrining protections for voters who were historically denied access to the ballot box. The VRA was one ...

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