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 ...

Civil and Voting Rights Organizations Urge New York Gov. Hochul to Sign the Election Alignment Bill

Today, a group of civil and voting rights organizations sent a letter urging New York Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Election Alignment Bill which would move the timing of many local elections across the ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Support of School’s Prohibition Against Student Speech That Contributes to Hostile Environment of Transgender and Nonbinary Students

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On Nov. 29, 2023, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in support of defendants in L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, et. al., a case concerning a middle school’s right to prohibit ...

LDF Mourns Passing of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the First Woman on the Supreme Court

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The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is saddened by the passing of retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a trailblazing jurist who became the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. O’Connor died ...

LDF Issues Statement on Ruling in 8th Circuit Barring Private Plaintiffs’ Right to Sue Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

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Today, a panel of federal judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held in a 2-1 ruling that private plaintiffs can no longer bring lawsuits under Section 2 of the Voting ...

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