Legal Defense Fund Appoints Natalie Thigpen as Chief of Communications and Marketing Officer

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The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has appointed Natalie Thigpen to serve as its Chief Communications and Marketing Officer (CCMO). Thigpen joins LDF from Summit Health and CityMD, where she was Senior Vice President for Culture, ...

Federal Court in Alabama Finds Lawsuit Challenging Racial Gerrymandering in Jefferson County Should Proceed Quickly to Trial

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Today, a federal court for the Northern District of Alabama denied a motion to dismiss and ruled that a lawsuit filed by the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) challenging the Jefferson County Commission’s 2021 redistricting plan ...

LDF Applauds the Department of Justice’s Creation of National Law Enforcement Accountability Database

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On Monday, as required by President Biden’s Executive Order on Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of ...

Advocates Applaud Fifth Circuit’s Denial of State’s Request for Reconsideration in Robinson v. Ardoin

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Today, in Robinson v. Ardoin, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Louisiana’s motion to revisit the Court’s November 10, 2023 decision upholding the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief Arguing that Juvenile Life Without Parole Violates the Michigan State Constitution

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), joined by Safe & Just Michigan (SJM), filed an amicus brief in the Michigan Supreme Court, urging the Court to grant review and hold that juvenile life without parole (JLWOP) sentences ...

LDF Opposes Department of Homeland Security’s Politicized Targeting of Cop City Activists in Atlanta, Georgia 

Today, LDF, Brennan Center, CCR, and ACLU sent a letter to members of Congress expressing concern about the inappropriate use of federal counterterrorism authorities by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis ...

LDF Issues Statement on United States Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta’s Planned Departure from the Department of Justice

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Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the planned February departure of United States Associate Attorney General (AAG) Vanita Gupta. AAG Gupta is the 19th United States Associate Attorney General — the third-ranking official at ...

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