On August 18, 2025 the Legal Defense Fund; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated; the Barbara Jordan Leadership Institute; the Houston Area Urban League; Black Voters Matter; and Friendship-West Baptist Church submitted testimony to the Texas ...
Sixty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) into law, enshrining protections for voters who were historically denied access to the ballot box. The VRA was one ...
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Hardy v. Rabie, affirming the denial of qualified immunity from a previous court decision. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) represented Ralph Marcus Hardy, a man ...
On Wednesday, July 30, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction to block the U.S. Department of Education’s abrupt and unlawful termination of the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, Inc.’s ...
Today, lead-sponsors Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin and Senator Raphael Warnock reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) in the U.S. Senate, a piece of legislation that will strengthen voting rights for ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the loss of Lee Porter, a fearless leader in the New Jersey community who worked tirelessly to ensure pathways to equitable and fair housing for all. Since 1971, Porter ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) vehemently opposes the nomination of Emil Bove to the 3rd Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals. LDF is the nation’s oldest civil rights law organization. LDF was launched at ...
