Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Birthright Citizenship Executive Order    

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New order puts newborns in harm’s way, is unconstitutional, and flouts fundamental American values     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   January 20, 2025    CONTACT:   Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org Ari Mischik, ACLU of New Hampshire, ariana@aclu-nh.org ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Trumps Hatred and Ill-Will

Eight Organizations Join Together on January 20 (Washington, DC, January 20, 2025) – Building from a first term riddled with policies that violated human rights, the incoming Trump administration has proposed a dangerous path for ...

LDF Praises President Biden’s Clemency Announcement Pardoning Kemba Smith Pradia, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, and Others, and Commuting Michelle West’s Sentence

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Today, along with issuing grants of clemency to Darryl Chamber, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Don Leonard Scott, Jr., Ravidath “Ravi” Ragbir, and Robin Peoples, all of whom exemplify the power of transformation and rehabilitation, President Biden ...

LDF Applauds President Biden’s Historic Clemency Announcement for People Incarcerated on Non-Violent Drug Offenses

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Today, President Biden commuted the sentences of thousands of people incarcerated under racially disparate sentencing schemes, including those resulting from the War on Drugs, and many more who are serving sentences they would not receive ...

LDF Releases Comprehensive Report on Attorney General Nominee Pamela Jo Bondi

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As the Senate holds a confirmation hearing of Pamela “Pam” Jo Bondi for Attorney General of the United States, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today is releasing a comprehensive report detailing her troubling record on ...

Alabama Educators and Students in Public Universities Challenge State’s Discriminatory Censorship Law, SB 129

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Today, a group of Alabama students and educators in higher education filed a federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 129 (SB129) – a censorship bill that impedes their ability to learn, teach, and engage in public ...

LDF Expands Senior Leadership Team Amid Historic Growth 

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) named two of the nation’s foremost civil rights attorneys to serve as the organization’s next Associate Directors-Counsel. For the first time since 2012, two people will serve in the ...

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