Historic Win: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Alabama’s Congressional Map Violates the Voting Rights Act by Diluting Black Political Power

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CONTACT: Ella Wiley, LDF, media@naacpldf.org  Inga Sarda-Sorensen, ACLU, 347-514-3984, isarda-sorensen@aclu.org WASHINGTON – In a historic win for voting rights, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled in Allen v. Milligan in favor of Black voters, affirming ...

Civil & Voting Rights Organizations Commend Connecticut Legislature for Final Passage of Historic State Voting Rights Legislation 

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Today, the Connecticut General Assembly passed An Act Concerning State Voting Rights in Recognition of John R. Lewis (“CTVRA”) as part of the state budget. The CTVRA is a state-level Voting Rights Act that seeks ...

Criminal Justice Organizations Urge U.S. Senators to Vote “No” on Cooper Davis Act

LDF and a coalition of criminal justice organizations sent a letter to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin and Ranking Member Lindsey Graham urging Committee members to vote “no” on S. 1080, the Cooper ...

Civil Rights Organizations Issue Response to Independent Monitor’s Latest Report Regarding NYPD’s Controversial Neighborhood Safety Team

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 Today, the Independent Monitor of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) released a report detailing a preliminary audit of the NYPD’s Neighborhood Safety Teams (NST). NST units deploy hundreds of officers across NYC’s boroughs ...

LDF Raises Serious Concerns About Recent Arrest of Atlanta Solidarity Fund Members in Cop City Advocacy and Calls for DOJ Investigation

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On May 31, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that law enforcement officials raided the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, arresting and charging three of its staff with charity fraud and money laundering. In response, Legal Defense ...

Voters Urge Mississippi Supreme Court to Allow Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional Takeover of Hinds County to Continue

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Contact LDF: media@naacpldf.org MJC: cliff.johnson@macarthurjustice.org    MCJ: mthornton@mscenterforjustice.org ACLU-MS: comms@aclu-ms.org  Jackson, MS – Last night, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), MacArthur Justice Center, Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ), and ACLU of judges and (ACLU-MS) filed a ...

LDF Sends Letter Urging Texas Governor Abbott to Veto Anti-DEI and Anti-Tenure Bills

Amidst the ongoing wave of states passing anti-truth legislation, and with the recent passage of SB 17 (an anti-DEI bill) and SB 18 (an anti-tenure bill) in the Texas legislature, LDF sent a letter this ...

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