LDF Denounces Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Student Debt Relief

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Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in Biden v. Nebraska, striking down the Biden administration’s plan to provide relief to student loan borrowers under the HEROES Act. The Court dismissed the other student debt ...

LDF Condemns Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Certain Commercial Businesses to Discriminate Against Same-Sex Couples

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Today, on the final day of Pride month, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, ruling that the Petitioner, the owner of a website design studio, has a ...

In An Alarming Departure from Long-Settled Precedent, U.S. Supreme Court Holds Harvard and UNC’s Admissions Practices Unconstitutional

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Today, the Supreme Court bowed to pressure from anti-civil rights activists, finding that Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s affirmative action programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This radical decision ...

LDF Welcomes Karla McKanders as New Director of LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced that Karla McKanders has been appointed as the new director of the Thurgood Marshall Institute, the multidisciplinary research and advocacy center within LDF that was launched in 2015.  ...

LDF Applauds Supreme Court’s Rejection of Independent State Legislature Theory

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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the anti-democratic independent state legislature (ISL) theory in Moore v. Harper. ISL theory in its most extreme interpretation gives state legislatures full control of elections and voting laws, with ...

LDF Submits Remedial Redistricting Plan to Alabama Legislators

Today, LDF and Allen v. Milligan plaintiffs submitted a remedial redistricting plan following the Supreme Court’s decision in Milligan. In affirming the three-judge district court’s preliminary injunction against HB1, the Supreme Court upheld the district court’s findings that ...

Supreme Court Lifts Temporary Halt on Federal Lawsuit Challenging Louisiana’s Discriminatory Congressional Map

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today lifted a temporary halt on a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s discriminatory congressional map. The action sends the case, Robinson v. Ardoin, down to the Fifth Circuit Court of ...

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