Eleventh Circuit Affirms Decision to Preliminarily Block Unlawful “Stop W.O.K.E.” Censorship Law

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In an important victory for professors, other educators, and students across Florida, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals left in place a preliminary injunction blocking Florida’s HB 7 — also known as the Stop Wrongs ...

Circuit Court Decision Finds, Despite Evidence of Chronic Underfunding, Baltimore City Public Schools Receives “Constitutionally Adequate” Funding from State of Maryland

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The decision from the Court in the Bradford case, which spans three decades, leaves another generation of schoolchildren in Baltimore City Public Schools without the equitable funding needed for a quality education  On March 3, ...

LDF Commends Department of Justice Investigative Findings on the Louisville Metro Police Department

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) concluded its investigation of the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD), finding that there is reasonable cause to believe that the LMPD has routinely violated the constitutional rights of ...

Hearing Wraps in Case That Will Determine Fate of Louisiana’s Highest Court

Today, a hearing concluded in a battle that will determine the fate of a longstanding Louisiana Supreme Court seat, anchored in Orleans Parish, that was created as a result of a 1992 consent decree, and ...

Civil Rights Coalition Releases Report Highlighting Federal Agency Progress and Gaps on Voting Access, Urges the Biden-Harris Administration to Finish the Job

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Washington, D.C. – Today, a diverse coalition of 53 health, racial justice, environmental, labor, immigration, faith-based, disability rights, education, LGBTQ+, housing, justice reform, and voting and civil rights organizations published a new report – Strengthening ...

LDF Sends Letter Urging New York to Allocate Funding for the New York Voting and Elections Database and Institute  

Today, LDF and voting and civil rights organizations within the New York Voting Rights Coalition sent a letter to Governor Hochul, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie in support of the enactment of S657/A885, which ...

Civil Rights Groups Send Letter to U.S. Senate Leaders Opposing Efforts to Obstruct D.C.’s Revised Criminal Code Act

A coalition of civil rights groups sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressing opposition to efforts to obstruct the District of Columbia’s Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA). ...

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