Today, a group of civil and voting rights organizations sent a letter urging New York Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the Election Alignment Bill which would move the timing of many local elections across the ...
On Nov. 29, 2023, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in support of defendants in L.M. v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, et. al., a case concerning a middle school’s right to prohibit ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is saddened by the passing of retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a trailblazing jurist who became the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. O’Connor died ...
Today, a panel of federal judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held in a 2-1 ruling that private plaintiffs can no longer bring lawsuits under Section 2 of the Voting ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the passing of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, a tireless advocate for human rights and life partner to President Jimmy Carter. Carter died on Nov. 19, ...
On Nov. 13, 2023, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), ACLU of Maryland, and the law firm BakerHostetler filed an appellate brief in Bradford v. Maryland Board of Education on behalf of Baltimore City Public Schools ...
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 ...
