LDF and Co-Counsel File Appeal in Case of Federal Officers Ambushing and Attacking Man

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), working with Indian and Environmental Law and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, filed an appeal on behalf of Donald Logsdon, who was ambushed, kicked in the face, and knocked unconscious ...

LDF Responds to Tragic Killing of Jordan Neely

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On May 1, a white former U.S. Marine killed Jordan Neely, an unhoused Black man, using a chokehold while in a New York City public transit car. Today, the city medical examiner ruled Neely’s death ...

Civil Rights Organizations Condemn Passage of Bill that Stifles Academic Freedom in Higher Education, Urges Gov. DeSantis to Veto

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MEDIA CONTACT: LDF Media Office, media@naacpldf.org, 212-965-2200 ACLU Media Office, media@aclufl.org, 786-363-2737 TALLAHASSEE, FL — The Florida Legislature voted today to pass Senate Bill 266 (S.B. 266). This bill places critical faculty decisions, such as ...

LDF Repeats Calls for Stronger Ethical Standards for Supreme Court Justices

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Today, in advance of a Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) hearing regarding ethical standards in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) sent a letter requesting that Congress swiftly pass legislation creating a binding ...

LDF Announces Third Cohort of the Groundbreaking Marshall-Motley Scholars Program

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May 1, 2023 – Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced its third 10-person cohort of the Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP). Launched in January 2021, LDF’s groundbreaking pipeline program will endow the South with the ...

LDF Submits Comments to OMB Regarding Proposed Updates to Collection and Presentation of Race and Ethnicity Data

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On Thursday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) submitted comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding the agency’s proposal to update its standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting federal data on race and ...

Statement from Voting Rights Groups Regarding 11th Circuit Court Ruling in S.B. 90 Lawsuit

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The appeals court reversed a lower court decision, leaving in place measures that will restrict access to the ballot box. The following is a statement from the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Common Cause Florida, Disability ...

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