LDF Submits Amicus Brief Opposing Ruling that Punishes People Based on Their Ethnicity and Community

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Last Friday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in United States vs. Flores-González, in support of the appellant Mr. Emiliano Flores-González. Mr. ...

LDF Condemns Assault of Paul Pelosi and Climate of Violence in National Discourse

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Yesterday, a spokesperson for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed that an assailant broke into the Speaker’s residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted her husband, Paul Pelosi. Mr. Pelosi has since been hospitalized and is ...

LDF President and Directors-Counsel Mourn the Passing of Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts

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“You don’t judge a man by his stumble, you judge him by his stride.” – Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the passing of Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, ...

LDF and Partners Urge Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to Condemn Voter Intimidation

Today, LDF, NAACP Florida State Conference, Common Cause Florida, All Voting is Local Florida, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Faith in Public Life, Demos, Southern Poverty Law Center, The League of Women Voters of Florida, Equal Ground, Lawyers’ ...

LDF Files Amicus Brief in Critical Moore v. Harper Redistricting Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in Moore v. Harper, the North Carolina redistricting case regarding the so-called “independent state legislature” theory that will be argued before the United States Supreme ...

Civil Rights Organizations Encourage Connecticut Voters to Say Yes to Early Voting

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This Election Day—November 8, 2022—Connecticut voters have the power to make early voting possible in future elections. This question will be on the ballot: “Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to permit the ...

Civil Rights Leaders Detail Stakes for Diversity in Higher Education, SCOTUS Challenges to Affirmative Action

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference Education Fund, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) held a press briefing today to discuss the threats ...

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