LDF Denounces House Passage of SAVE Act, Urges Senate to Reject Bill that Will Disenfranchise Millions of Americans

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) urges the U.S. Senate to reject the misleadingly entitled “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act”, a disastrous, discriminatory, inefficient, and unnecessary bill passed by the House that would disenfranchise ...

Civil Rights Organizations Call on University of Michigan Law School to Ensure Equal Access to Educational Opportunity in Response to Troubling Email About Law Review

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Today, a group of civil rights organizations sent a letter to the University of Michigan Law School calling on the institution to affirm its commitment to providing equal educational opportunities for its Black, Latino, Indigenous, ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief Defending Against Trump Administration’s Targeting of the Legal Profession

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in Perkins Coie v. Department of Justice, a case currently before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging an executive order that ...

LDF Reaches Settlement on Behalf of New York-Based Fair Housing Group, Requiring Improved Training and New Practices to Prevent Housing Discrimination

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) reached a settlement in Housing Opportunities Made Equal Inc. (HOME) v. Avant Realty – a lawsuit born out of HOME’s investigation into the company’s real estate practices. The lawsuit ...

LDF Reaffirms Schools’ Legal Right to Provide Equal Access and Opportunity to Students, Condemns Department of Education’s Latest Attempt to Distort Anti-Discrimination Law

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Today, the U.S. Department of Education sent letters to K-12 state education agencies threatening to withhold federal funding from public schools unless they verify that they comply with their incorrect interpretation of Title VI of ...

Thurgood Marshall Institute Releases New Report Examining Policy Recommendations by Black Educators to Promote Educational Equity

Today, the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) released a new report, Black Educators as Essential Workers for Educational Equity, that uses the experiences of Black public-school teachers to inform policy recommendations for ...

LDF Applauds Senator Cory Booker’s Historic Speech Defending Civil Rights, Denouncing Dangerous Actions of Trump Administration

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The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today applauded yesterday’s historic, record-setting speech by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), in which he condemned the Trump Administration’s sweeping rollback of civil rights and urged action to defend democracy. ...

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