Read a PDF of our statement here. Today, after succeeding in convincing county lawmakers to pass a new map that provides fair representation to Black voters, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) declared victory and voluntarily ...
Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement on Congress’ passage of the reconciliation bill, H.R. 1: “Congress has just passed one of the most destructive and unjust pieces ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and ACLU applaud the Connecticut legislature for delivering the state biennial budget to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, which he signed into law yesterday. The budget includes full funding for the ...
Today marks two years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard/UNC (SFFA), which prohibited the limited use of race in the admissions processes at Harvard College and ...
Read a full PDF of the statement here. Immigrants rights’ advocates today filed a new nationwide class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. The lawsuit is in response to today’s Supreme ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order to reargue the case of Louisiana v. Callais and will issue an order scheduling the argument and specifying any additional questions that will need ...
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in three consolidated cases — Trump v. CASA, Trump v. Washington, and Trump v. New Jersey — determining whether lower court judges can issue universal injunctions to ...
