The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) condemns yesterday’s capricious and irrational firing of Dr. Carla D. Hayden, Librarian of Congress. Dr. Hayden was appointed as the 14th Librarian of Congress in 2016, confirmed with a bipartisan ...
Last night, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the NAACP and the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc. (“MAEC”) challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s unlawful elimination of the federal equity ...
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 ...
