The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and ACLU applaud the Connecticut legislature for delivering the state biennial budget to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, which he signed into law yesterday. The budget includes full funding for the ...
Today marks two years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/UNC (SFFA), which prohibited the limited use of race in the admissions processes at Harvard College and ...
Read a full PDF of the statement here. Immigrants rights’ advocates today filed a new nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. The lawsuit is in response to today’s Supreme ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order to reargue the case of Louisiana v. Callais and will issue an order scheduling the argument and specifying any additional questions that will need ...
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in three consolidated cases — Trump v. CASA, Trump v. Washington, and Trump v. New Jersey — determining whether lower court judges can issue universal injunctions to ...
Today, LDF sent a letter to Senate and Congressional leaders, opposing the Senate amendment to H.R.1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act. The organizations also urged the Senate to reject both the procedurally impermissible provisions included ...
Twelve years ago, on June 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling in Shelby County v. Holder that severely weakened a crucial section of the Voting Rights Act. By declaring the preclearance ...