LDF Strongly Condemns Raid of Fulton County Elections Office Intended to Validate Debunked 2020 Election Claims

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On Jan. 28, FBI agents executed a search warrant at the Fulton County, Georgia, elections office. This raid follows years of President Trump attempting to manufacture evidence of election fraud related to the 2020 presidential ...

LDF Calls Upon Congress and Trump Administration to Denounce Violence Against Government Officials and Cease All Inciteful Rhetoric

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In the wake of increased violent attacks across the country against elected officials, Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson issued the following statement: “In this moment, we are all witnesses to a profoundly ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief Urging Proper Interpretation of Core Civil Rights Doctrine in Fair Housing Lawsuit against Bank of America

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief calling on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to correct an erroneous interpretation of a core civil rights doctrine in National Fair ...

Legacy Civil Rights Leaders Demand Senate Vote No on ICE and DHS Enforcement Operation Funding Amid Federal Lawlessness and Deadly Abuses in Minnesota

The leaders of the nation’s legacy civil rights organizations issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement:  We condemn the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents ...

LDF Condemns Egregious Killing of Alex Pretti by Federal Law Enforcement in Minneapolis

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Today, a Minneapolis man, Alex Pretti, was fatally shot by a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent, according to city officials. The 37-year-old was a U.S. citizen and intensive care unit nurse. Available video evidence ...

LDF, AALDEF, CLC, ELC, and LatinoJustice Launch State Voting Rights Act Model Bill

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Media Contact: media@naacpldf.org The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School (ELC), and LatinoJustice PRLDEF today launched a Model ...

LDF Calls on Congress to Restrict DHS Funding

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The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter to Congress urging Members to exercise their oversight power and prevent further abuse by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by imposing vital restrictions on the billions ...

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