Today, LDF sent a letter to address the first-ever exploratory proceeding concerning an alleged violation of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York (the “NYVRA”) initiated by the Town of Mount Pleasant ...
Yesterday, Mayor Eric Adams proposed massive cuts to essential services as part of his FY 2024 budget modification proposal for New York City. According to this plan, all City agencies would face a five percent ...
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education released the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), an essential tool to monitor and enforce compliance with civil rights law in K-12 schools. Civil rights organizations and community-based education advocates have ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
