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Misleading Quinnipiac Poll Obscures Real Problems of Policing in Public Housing

Poll Questions Include Inaccurate Data, Rely on False Premises (New York, NY)–A poll released today by Quinnipiac University relies on inaccurate data and false premises to reach an unsubstantiated conclusion that city voters want the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) to resume vertical patrols of public housing hallways when, in fact, they never stopped. The poll asks: […]

Minnesota Leads the Region in Voting Rights Protection with the Historic Passage of the Minnesota Voting Rights Act (MNRA)

St Paul, Minnesota— Early this morning, the Minnesota Senate passed the Minnesota Voting Rights Act (MNVRA), which provides groundbreaking protection against racial discrimination in voting. This legislation makes Minnesota the first and only state to respond to the 8th Circuit’s opinion which eliminated the private right of action under the federal VRA, and leading other […]

Milligan Plaintiffs Denounce Alabama’s Congressional Map that Violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Supreme Court Order

Plaintiffs respond to the Alabama Legislature passing another congressional map that lacks a second majority-Black district, in direct violation of federal law and the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Legislature today voted to enact a second congressional map that violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The vote comes […]

Milligan Plaintiffs Applaud Court Decision Requiring Alabama to Keep Fair Map Through 2030

Read a PDF of our statement here. A federal court has unanimously ordered that Alabama must continue to use an independently drawn congressional map for the rest of the decade. This court-ordered map includes two districts where Black voters have a fair opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. The map was used in the 2024 […]

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWFRO) v. Donald J. Trump, et. al.

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWFRO) v. Donald J. Trump, et. al. Challenging Efforts to Disenfranchise Black Voters and Overturn 2020 Election Results On November 20 2020, LDF filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and three Detroit residents in a lawsuit challenging […]

Michigan Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Lawsuit Challenging Racially Discriminatory Tax Foreclosures in Detroit

Read the PDF verison of our statement Michigan Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Lawsuit ChallengingRacially Discriminatory Tax Foreclosures in Detroit Wayne County’s tax foreclosures disproportionately impact African-American homeowners DETROIT, Mich. – Detroit residents at risk of losing their homes due to tax foreclosure had their stories heard in the Court of Appeals today in a […]

Michelle Peters

Michaele Turnage Young

Michaele N. Turnage Young serves as Senior Counsel and Co-Manager of the Equal Protection Initiative at the Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), where she litigates education cases. Ms. Turnage Young serves as co-lead counsel in NAACP v. U.S. Department of Education, a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s attempts to prohibit and chill lawful efforts […]

Michael R. Klein

Michael Pernick

Michael Pernick is a Senior Counsel at the Legal Defense Fund (LDF). He uses advocacy, litigation, and public education strategies to advance racial justice in voting, with a particular focus on state voting rights acts. He has been instrumental in developing and advocating for state voting rights acts, including the John R. Lewis Voting Rights […]