LDF Files Amicus Brief Supporting Access to Public Library Books about Race and Gender

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA), Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT), and Texas Appleseed filed an amicus brief in Little v. Llano County, a case that challenges the censorship ...

US Department of Justice Issues Voter Registration Guidance in a Big Win for Voters

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) released new guidance in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) that addresses limits on how and when voters may be removed ...

LDF Responds to the Dissolution of the Historic Chisom Consent Decree for Louisiana Supreme Court

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On August 29, a majority of the en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision that allows the state of Louisiana to end the landmark Chisom consent ...

Civil Rights Organizations Condemn NYPD’s Violations of Court-Ordered Reforms Following Independent Monitor’s Latest Report

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Media Contact: LDF Media Office, media@naacpldf.org Audrey Martin, AMartin@legal-aid.org, 774-266-5233 (NEW YORK, NY) – Last night, the Independent Federal Monitor (Monitor) of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) released a report finding that the ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief Defending Access to Critical Health Care Services for Transgender Youth

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), alongside co-counsel Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, filed an amicus brief in United States v. Skrmetti – a case challenging a Tennessee law that bans medically necessary gender-affirming health ...

Civil Rights Groups Defend District Court Preliminary Injunction Wins at the 11th Circuit to Block Provisions of Georgia’s Voter Suppression Law SB 202

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Civil and voting rights organizations scored two significant wins for Georgia voters when they secured preliminary injunctions that would ease burdensome birthdate requirement for casting absentee ballots and allow “line relief” for voters waiting in ...

LDF Sends Letter to Georgia Officials Opposing Recent Certification Rule Changes Enacted by the State Election Board

The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), along with Black Voters Matter Fund, Georgia Muslim Voter Project, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (“NAPAWF”), Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (“GALEO”), Barred Business, Rep Georgia Institute Inc. ...

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