LDF Submits Comments to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on Hiring and Retention for Law Enforcement Agencies

On April 17, 2023, LDF submitted comments to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in response to Section 3 of Exec. Order 14074. In the letter, LDF proposes several “best practices” that law enforcement ...

LDF Issues Statement on Reinstatement of Reps. Justin Jones and Pearson to Tennessee State House

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Last week, the Tennessee House voted on a resolution to expel three members of the House – Representatives Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, and Gloria Johnson — for their involvement in a demonstration for gun control ...

LDF Appeals Grant of Qualified Immunity in Case Involving Invasive Strip Search of Prison Visitor

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), along with co-counsel Shania King, filed an appellate brief in Gilmore v. Milton, a case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The case concerns ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Case Regarding FDA Approval of Mifepristone

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On Tuesday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, a case regarding the U.S. Food ...

LDF Condemns Tennessee House’s Retaliatory Expulsion of Two Black Lawmakers

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On Thursday, the Tennessee House voted on a resolution to expel three members of the House for their involvement in a demonstration for gun control policies, following the recent killings of three children and three ...

Black Voters Sue Jefferson County Commission for Racial Gerrymandering

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb filed a lawsuit on behalf of Cara McClure, Greater Birmingham Ministries (GBM), and the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP challenging the ...

LDF Welcomes Cecilia Marshall, Colleen Foster, and Cynthia Patton as New Members of Board of Directors

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors: Cecilia Marshall, the granddaughter of LDF founder Thurgood Marshall and Director of External Partnerships at Partnership for ...

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