Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced the appointment of Pamela Giller as Chief Development Officer. Giller, who has two decades of experience in the nonprofit sector, most recently served as Vice President of Development ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) strongly condemns the Texas A&M University system’s newly adopted policy that requires approval from the university president for courses on race, gender, and gender identity in a stark departure from ...
This week, the longest running federal government shutdown officially ended — lasting a total of 43 days. This shutdown was the result of a failure of congressional leadership to address the critical issues — including ...
Today, a federal judge declined to dismiss charges against U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver related to her efforts to exercise congressional oversight at an immigration detention facility in New Jersey. Rep. McIver is currently charged in ...
Today, the state of Oklahoma will execute Tremane Wood, a Black man, unless Governor Kevin Stitt or the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes. Mr. Wood is currently on death row despite compelling evidence of his innocence ...
UPDATE: On Nov. 13, minutes before Mr. Wood was scheduled to be executed, Gov. Stitt accepted the Pardon and Parole Board’s recommendation and granted clemency to Mr. Wood. On Nov. 12, LDF sent a ...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a decision allowing the Trump administration to enforce a policy requiring passports to display an individual’s biological sex at birth. The case, Orr v. Trump, centers on whether the U.S. ...
