Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that solidifies the rights of Black voters to have an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice to the Louisiana Supreme Court. The ruling ...
Today, LDF and a coalition of civil rights, civil liberties, and racial justice organizations sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco expressing deep concern about core provisions of the Justice Department’s recently issued ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the passing of Judge Richard H. Dinkins, a groundbreaking civil rights activist, attorney, and judge who also frequently served as a cooperating attorney with LDF. He ...
On Wednesday, a federal court entered an order memorializing an agreement between the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the Board of Education of Fayette County in Tennessee in a school desegregation case. LDF, along with ...
WASHINGTON — This morning, oral arguments concluded in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine the fate of South Carolina’s congressional map. Shortly after the ...
On September 30, a federal district court in Ohio issued two rulings in favor of Cleveland residents challenging the City’s discriminatory water liens and shutoff practices. First, the Court denied the City’s second attempt to ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A district court in Alabama today ordered the state to adopt a congressional map that includes two districts where Black voters will have the opportunity to elect the candidates of their choice. ...
