President Joseph Biden has proposed a series of reforms to increase ethics, accountability, and public trust in the Supreme Court of the United States. His proposal follows recommendations made by the Presidential Commission on the ...
NEW YORK, NY and WASHINGTON, DC – A group of civil and workers’ rights organizations have filed an amicus brief in Minnesota Telecom Alliance v. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a case currently before the 8th ...
On June 18, 2024, the Legal Defense Fund and its co-counsel Quinn, Connor, Weaver, Davis, & Rouco LLP, on behalf of their clients Newbern Mayor Patrick Braxton and residents James Ballard, Barbara Patrick, Wanda Scott, ...
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speaks on LDF’s panel on the state of voting rights at the 2023 Selma Jubilee Weekend in Selma, Alabama on Mar. 4, 2023. (Photo by Melissa Golden for LDF) LDF Tribute ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the loss of Sheila Jackson Lee, U.S. Representative for Texas’ 18th Congressional district, lawyer, and staunch civil rights advocate. With grace, intellect, and power, Representative Jackson Lee influenced countless ...
In 1944 an explosion at Port Chicago, California killed 202 Black soldiers loading armed munitions. When the dangerous and inhumane work resumed at a nearby depot weeks later, a group of 50 Black soldiers, fearing ...
Today, LDF and civil and human rights groups sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardoza urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the allegations of law ...
