On November 7, 2023, the United States Senate confirmed the 150th judicial nominee of the Biden administration, marking another historic achievement in filling vacancies on the federal bench. The judges appointed by President Biden represent ...
Yesterday, President Biden issued an executive order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI). The order builds on the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights that the Biden administration issued last year, and ...
Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that solidifies the rights of Black voters to have an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice to the Louisiana Supreme Court. The ruling ...
Today, LDF and a coalition of civil rights, civil liberties, and racial justice organizations sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco expressing deep concern about core provisions of the Justice Department’s recently issued ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is deeply saddened by the passing of Judge Richard H. Dinkins, a groundbreaking civil rights activist, attorney, and judge who also frequently served as a cooperating attorney with LDF. He ...
On Wednesday, a federal court entered an order memorializing an agreement between the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and the Board of Education of Fayette County in Tennessee in a school desegregation case. LDF, along with ...
WASHINGTON — This morning, oral arguments concluded in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, the U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine the fate of South Carolina’s congressional map. Shortly after the ...
