The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in District of Columbia v. Trump, urging the court to deny the Trump administration’s request to stay the District ...
Today, LDF issued a public comment strongly opposing the Department of Homeland Security’s proposal to expand the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE). In the letter, LDF notes that any future changes should be ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Tyler Bailey of Bailey Law Firm, LLC , and WilmerHale LLP filed an appeal in a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging a discriminatory law that censors the teaching of certain subjects related to racial ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the loss of Bishop Reginald Jackson, who passed away on Nov. 25, 2025, at the age of 71. Bishop Jackson was the 132nd bishop elected to the African Methodist ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the passing of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest known survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Known affectionately as “Mother Fletcher,” through a century-long pursuit of justice, she helped ...
BOSTON, MA – Today, the Legal Defense Fund, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, LatinoJusticePRLDEF, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC filed a motion to intervene and a proposed motion to dismiss in Boston ...
Yesterday, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction in District of Columbia v. Trump, temporarily halting President Trump’s National Guard deployment in Washington D.C. as the case proceeds, indicating that this deployment was likely unlawful. ...
