On Wednesday, three former Memphis police officers were acquitted of state charges, including second-degree murder, in the death of Tyre Nichols, whose 2023 killing shocked the nation and fueled calls for reform. The three were ...
CONTACT: Ella Wiley, ACLU, media@aclu.org, 925-819-0555 Troi Barnes, LDF, media@ldf.org. 929-736-1528 A federal court has ruled after a full trial that Alabama’s 2023 congressional map not only violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act ...
May 6, 2025 – Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is proud to announce its fifth cohort of the Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP). Launched in 2020, MMSP has worked to equip the South with the ...
On May 2, President Donald Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 “skinny” budget proposal, which outlines some of his funding priorities. The president has proposed approximately $163 billion — more than 20% — in ...
Last week, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) submitted public comments to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) urging the agency to reverse course on its new rule that seeks to weaken state ...
The organizations are considering all available options to continue pursuing their claims in court. Washington, DC – Today, a federal judge declined to issue a preliminary injunction in National Urban League v. Trump, a lawsuit ...
Yesterday, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services advanced a bill meant to further the Trump administration’s harmful policy priorities by shrinking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding, which comes directly from the Federal ...
