Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision allowing the Trump Administration to resume use of the flawed, ...

Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) of 2026 legislative package into law.

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a misleading announcement, claiming that it had “ended” more than 50 federal school desegregation cases. The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) decried the ...

Lawsuit argues that the federal government is intimidating voters and chilling civic participation, violating the Voting Rights Act  WASHINGTON, DC — Nine organizations representing immigrants, ...

Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau published a newly proposed rule that would upend long-standing processes for the Census ahead of the 2030 count of the U.S. population. An accurate count in the ...

The United States Supreme Court will soon consider a major redistricting case that could have significant nationwide implications. In Milligan v. Merrill (now known as Merrill v. Milligan before the ...

Today, leaders from prominent national Black and Latino civil rights and advocacy organizations hosted a press conference to ...

The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) adamantly opposes the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) plan to close its Chicago and Bay Area Regional Facilities and Federal Records Centers, and ...

The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), alongside our co-counsel, on Friday filed a motion to dismiss or affirm with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the justices to reject an appeal in the Alabama redistricting ...

Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) participated in a press conference to kick off the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) 55th Annual Legislative Conference, a five-day convening of ...

Law enforcement officers brutalize and criminalize children, including kindergarteners, teenagers, and all ages in between. Just this month in Kenosha, Wisconsin, an off-duty police officer appeared ...

This week, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) urged the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to reject proposed new rules governing higher education accreditation, warning that the proposal could weaken ...