LDF Issues Statement Commending the Biden Administration’s 42nd Round of Federal Judicial Nominees

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Yesterday, the Biden administration announced its 42nd round of judicial nominees to the federal bench. Among the nominees are several individuals who will make history if confirmed, including Adeel Mangi, nominee for the Third Circuit ...

LDF Issues Statement on Newly-Adopted Code of Conduct for Supreme Court Justices

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On November 13, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court adopted a first-of-its-kind Code of Conduct for Supreme Court justices. The document establishes ethical rules and principles for members of the country’s highest court and was signed ...

Thurgood Marshall Institute’s Research Finds Racial Justice Protests More Likely to Have Police Violence

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) Thurgood Marshall Institute (TMI) released Police and Protests: The Inequity of Police Responses to Racial Justice Protests, a new research brief showing that, during summer 2020, police were more ...

LDF, CPCS and the ACLU of Massachusetts Submit Amicus Brief in Case Involving Black Man Racially Profiled by Police and Unjustly Sentenced to Prison

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS), and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed an amicus brief in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on behalf of Warrens ...

Federal Court of Appeals Affirms Louisiana’s Congressional Map is Discriminatory

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Media Contacts  Legal Defense Fund (LDF) / media@naacpldf.org  Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU National / isarda-sorensen@aclu.org, 347-514-3984   Ella Wiley, ACLU National / ewiley@aclu.org, 925-819-0555   NEW ORLEANS – The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today agreed with a ...

LDF Commends Biden Administration on Achieving 150 Federal Judicial Confirmations 

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On November 7, 2023, the United States Senate confirmed the 150th judicial nominee of the Biden administration, marking another historic achievement in filling vacancies on the federal bench. The judges appointed by President Biden represent ...

LDF Encouraged by President Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence

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Yesterday, President Biden issued an executive order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI). The order builds on the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights that the Biden administration issued last year, and ...

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