The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has filed an amicus brief supporting a United States Supreme Court cert petition in Harness v. Watson, a case challenging the Mississippi state constitution’s felony disenfranchisement provision (Section 241), which ...
Today, LDF sent a letter to the DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Police Jury to correct misleading information contained in a November 18, 2022 letter to the Desoto Parish Police Jury from attorneys at the John D. ...
This morning, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson testified before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs’ hearing “Fairness in Financial Services: Racism and Discrimination in Banking.” Nelson’s ...
Today, House Democrats elected New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as House Minority Leader for the upcoming 118th Congress. With this historic vote, Rep. Jeffries becomes the first Black person to serve as a congressional party ...
Yesterday, a federal court ruled in favor of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and its clients in Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, et. al. v. Donald J. Trump, et. al., a lawsuit alleging violations of the Voting ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced that Tona Boyd, who most recently served as Special Counsel and Special Assistant to the President in the White House Counsel’s Office in the Biden-Harris Administration, where she worked ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal court in South Carolina heard closing arguments today in a major voting rights case challenging the state’s new congressional map. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ...
