Civil Rights Groups Submit Amicus Brief in Support of Race-neutral Admissions Policy at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC), the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), and LatinoJustice PRLDEF, together with law firm Arnold & Porter, submitted an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals ...

LDF Issues Statement in Response to Racially-Motivated Buffalo Mass Shooting

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Today, an 18-year-old white supremacist shot and killed at least 10 individuals in a shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket that law enforcement is treating as a hate crime. In response, Janai S. Nelson, ...

LDF Issues Statement on New Law Honoring Brown v. Board of Education Decision

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Yesterday, President Biden signed the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act, a measure to honor and preserve the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision by officially recognizing four other communities whose contributions were ...

Hearing Wraps in Case Challenging Louisiana’s Congressional Map, Judge to Determine Whether New Map Must Be Drawn

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BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, a five-day evidentiary hearing for a preliminary injunction came to a close in Robinson v. Ardoin, the case challenging Louisiana’s congressional map as a violation of Section 2 of the ...

Landmark Voting Rights Bill Moves Forward in NY Senate as More Than 70 Groups Announce Support

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Media contacts: Chris Ford: media@naacpldf.org Ben Schaefer: media@nyclu.org Monica Garcia: press@standupamerica.com  Today, civil and voting rights groups praised members of the Senate Elections Committee for voting to move the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act ...

Civil Rights Groups Send Letter in Support of the Women’s Health Protection Act

The Legal Defense Fund joined a coalition of civil rights groups in sending a letter to the U.S. Senate in support of S. 4132, the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022. The letter urges all ...

Civil Rights Groups Sends Letter Urging NY Legislators to Pass the NYVRA

Today, the Legal Defense Fund and 71 additional organizations sent a letter urging Governor Kathy Hochul, Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Carl Heastie to prioritize, pass, and sign into law the John R. Lewis ...

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