LDF Commemorates 160th Anniversary of Juneteenth Holiday

Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) recognizes Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, over two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, to deliver the news to over 250,000 ...

LDF Condemns Supreme Court Decision Upholding Health Care Ban for Transgender Youth

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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in United States v. Skrmetti, affirming a lower court’s decision to uphold a Tennessee law banning medically necessary gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. The court found ...

DHS’s Arrest of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander Erodes Trust in Our Legal System

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Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Associate Director-Counsel Todd A. Cox issued the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrest of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander inside an immigration courthouse: “The ...

LDF on Ten Year Anniversary of Mother Emanuel Massacre

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Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement to mark ten years since the tragic racial hate crime mass murder of a Black pastor and parishioners by a white gunman at ...

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