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LDF Original Content LDF’s perspective on the most pressing civil rights issues facing America today. Featured Work / August 2025 Anticipating Threats to Good Cause Eviction State preemption is fueling a racialized housing crisis, and Good Cause laws are at risk Dr. Sandhya Kajeepeta SENIOR RESEARCHER AND STATISTICIAN, THURGOOD MARSHALL INSTITUTE This publication was produced […]

LDF Organizer Pens Eyewitness Account of Tear-gassing in Ferguson

  Marquis Jenkins, our Criminal Justice Community Organizer was on the ground in Ferguson last night: “I have been to many protests, actions, and demonstrations, but in my 10+ years organizing within communities of color, I have never experienced what I saw last night in St. Louis. Ferguson County felt like a war zone at […]

LDF Oral Argument Before 9th Circuit

On Tuesday, September 21st, LDF argued before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of plaintiffs challenging the state of Washington’s racially discriminatory law denying the right to vote from those convicted of felonies. 

LDF Opposes Voter Fraud Task Force, Urges Leaders Not to Legitimize

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Opposes Task Force, Urges Leaders Not to Legitimize Read the PDF of our statement here.  Recent reports confirm that Vice President Mike Pence will lead a task force to investigate President Trump’s unproven voter fraud claims and is gathering names of individuals who will be part of it. The NAACP Legal Defense […]

LDF Opposes Trump Administration’s Recommendation to Rescind School Discipline Guidance, Challenges Federal Commission on School Safety Report

UPDATE: On December 21, the Departments of Education and Justice officially rescinded the 2014 guidance package, including a Dear Colleague Letter, designed to help our nation’s schools eliminate racial disparities in school discipline while improving school climate. The rescinded documents clarified for schools and districts the legal framework that the Departments employ to analyze complaints of discrimination […]

LDF Opposes the Nomination of Kathryn Mizelle to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter urging the Senate to oppose the nomination of Kathryn Mizelle to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. This vote comes at a time when the country is facing a catastrophic health and safety crisis which should be […]

LDF Opposes Nomination of Harmeet Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General

The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) today denounced the nomination of Harmeet Dhillon to serve as the Department of Justice’s Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. LDF President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson issued the following statement: “The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division touches the lives of nearly every American, safeguarding such fundamental rights as the […]

LDF Opposes Justice Hector LaSalle’s Elevation to New York’s Highest Court

Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced its opposition to Justice Hector LaSalle’s confirmation as Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, in advance of a committee hearing scheduled for Wednesday morning. LDF’s opposition is based on a review of Justice LaSalle’s record on New York’s intermediate appellate court, including judicial decisions […]

LDF Opposes House Vote Against Vulnerable Consumers

House Votes to Repeal CFPB Rule that Protects Consumers from Discriminatory Lending and Predatory Financial Products Today the House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 111, a resolution to repeal the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule banning the use of class action waivers in the arbitration clauses of consumer finance agreements. The rule prohibits […]