Today, the House Select Committee on January 6th referred four criminal charges to the United States Department of Justice against former president Donald J. Trump and referred several Congressional members to the bipartisan ethics Committee ...
Today, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is instituting a new charging policy that will seek to end sentencing disparities in cases that involve crack-cocaine or powder cocaine ...
Today, President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law after bipartisan votes in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate advanced the bill to his desk on December 8. In ...
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 ...
