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 ...

A Decade After the Shelby County Supreme Court Ruling, LDF Issues a Demand for Reversal of the Decision and Congressional Action

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Today marks 10 years since the Supreme Court’s decision to significantly weaken essential protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) in Shelby County v. Holder. In a decision Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg likened ...

LDF Welcomes Atlanta District Attorney’s Decision to Withdraw from Cases Involving Cop City Protestors, Raises Concern Over Politically Motivated Nature of Protestor Arrests

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Today, Dekalb County District Attorney Shelby Boston announced that her office is withdrawing from all cases involving protestors who were recently arrested for opposing the Atlanta Training Center widely known as Cop City. These cases ...

LDF Applauds the Introduction of Michigan Voting Rights Act in Michigan Legislature

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Yesterday, Michigan legislators introduced Senate Bills 401, 402, 403, and 404 (“Michigan Voting Rights Act” or “MIVRA”), a comprehensive state voting rights act that will expand access and strengthen protections against voting discrimination for communities ...

LDF Lawyer Natasha Merle Confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

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Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Natasha Merle to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Ms. Merle has served at LDF since 2016, as Assistant Counsel, Senior ...

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