Media Contacts Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org ACLU Media, media@aclu.org Kari Elgin, ACLU of Louisiana, kelgin@laaclu.org Washington, D.C.—Yesterday in Robinson v. Ardoin, the challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map under Section 2 of the Voting Rights ...
New Orleans, LA—Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a writ of mandamus to vacate the remedial hearing set for Oct. 3 – 5 in Robinson v. Ardoin, the challenge to Louisiana’s discriminatory congressional ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Alabama’s attempt to defy its orders to draw a fair congressional map and has allowed a three-judge panel’s latest decision to stand. Earlier this month, the ...
Yesterday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in Baker v. City of Atlanta, challenging Atlanta Municipal Code Sec. 66-37(b)’s ban on non-Atlanta residents collecting referendum petition signatures. This provision restricted residents of ...
JACKSON, Miss. – The three Jackson, Mississippi residents who sued to block judicial appointments to the Hinds County Circuit Court and the creation of a new Capitol Complex Improvement District (CCID) court in Jackson, say ...
Nation’s Oldest Civil Rights Legal Organization Says Federal Legislation to Protect Voters is Urgently Needed Today, long-time lead sponsor Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) in the United States House ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is saddened by the loss of J. Gerald ‘Gerry’ Hebert, a longtime civil rights lawyer, former Executive Director and Director at the Campaign Legal Center, and a stalwart voting rights ...
