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LDF Urges President Biden to Veto Resolution to Strike Down Washington D.C.’s Policing Reform Act, Expresses Disappointment at Veto of Revised Criminal Code

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Today, the leaders of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Color of Change, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, NAACP, ...

LDF Commends Connecticut Lawmakers for Advancing State Voting Rights Act

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Today, state lawmakers in Connecticut passed out of committee Senate Bill No. 1226 (“S.B. 1226”), an Act Concerning State Voting Rights in Recognition of John R. Lewis. S.B. 1226 is a comprehensive state-level Voting Rights ...

LDF Submits Testimony Urging the NYC Council Public Safety Committee to Eliminate Funding for NYPD Strategic Response Group and Invest in Communities

Today, LDF submitted written testimony urging the New York City Council Public Safety Committee to eliminate funding for the NYPD Strategic Response Group (SRG) and invest funds in local communities. The Council is currently beginning ...

Thurgood Marshall Institute to Collect, Share Oral Histories and Digitize Archival Material from LDF’s 83 Years Defending Civil Rights

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Today the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced Sharing Our History, Informing Our Present, Envisioning Our Future, a new archives initiative led by the Thurgood Marshall Institute. The initiative will encompass a collection of oral histories ...