Today, LDF sent a letter to Senate and Congressional leaders, opposing the Senate amendment to H.R.1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act. The organizations also urged the Senate to reject both the procedurally impermissible provisions included ...
Twelve years ago, on June 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling in Shelby County v. Holder that severely weakened a crucial section of the Voting Rights Act. By declaring the preclearance ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) tapped two leading civil rights attorneys to direct the organization’s robust and expanding litigation practice as threats to the civil and human rights of Black people and other marginalized ...
On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bills 12 and 37 (SB 12 and SB 37), which are two bills that significantly risk censorship and restrictions of accurate and inclusive ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) submitted formal comments to the U.S. Department of Education (ED), expressing strong opposition to two of the agency’s three proposed supplemental priorities for federal grantees. LDF urges ED to ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) recognizes Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, over two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, to deliver the news to over 250,000 ...
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in United States v. Skrmetti, affirming a lower court’s decision to uphold a Tennessee law banning medically necessary gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. The court found ...
