The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has welcomed Dr. OiYan Poon as the Education Equity Fellow at the Thurgood Marshall Institute, LDF’s multidisciplinary research and advocacy center launched in 2015. Dr. Poon is a renowned community-engaged ...
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States allowed Donald Trump to remain on the Colorado ballot for the upcoming presidential election after the Colorado Supreme Court held that Trump’s involvement in the January 6th ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) launched its Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Research Paper series in the form of an eJournal – the Thurgood Marshall Institute Social Science Review (TMISSR). ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the Center for Constitutional Rights—leaders of civil rights organizations that are based or have offices in Atlanta and have a long history ...
Today, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Richard Durbin and Senator Raphael Warnock reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) in the United States Senate. The legislation will protect voters from discrimination and strengthen ...
Today, LDF filed an amicus brief in support of plaintiffs in Petteway v. Galveston County, a case before the en banc Fifth Circuit that concerns the viability of coalition claims under the Voting Rights Act ...
Today, LDF sent a letter to the Cheektowaga, New York Town Board to address an exploratory proceeding concerning an alleged violation of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (NYVRA) initiated by ...
