Today, LDF sent a letter to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson urging members of Congress to vote no on two bills, The Common Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability in D.C. Now Act (H.R. 5107), and The D.C. Cash Bail Reform Act (H.R. 5214). These bills will make the Washington, D.C. less safe and just. H.R. 5107 and H.R. 5214 are the latest in an ongoing effort to amend or roll back D.C. laws. Congress must cease these repeated attempts — against the will of D.C. residents and locally elected leadership — to override D.C. laws that were enacted by and for the District.
Read the full letter here.
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Founded in 1940, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is the nation’s first civil rights law organization. LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute is a multi-disciplinary and collaborative hub within LDF that launches targeted campaigns and undertakes innovative research to shape the civil rights narrative. In media attributions, please refer to us as the Legal Defense Fund or LDF. Please note that LDF has been completely separate from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) since 1957 — although LDF was originally founded by the NAACP and shares its commitment to equal rights.
