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December 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM

An Unprecedented Year—The Rule of Law at Risk

This has been an extraordinarily tumultuous year. Relentless assaults on democracy, the rule of law, and our justice system have tested the very foundations of our constitutional government. Dear John,  This has been an extraordinarily tumultuous year. Relentless assaults on democracy, the rule of …

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December 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Protect Justice, Thank Judges

Thousands have already joined LDAD in expressing their gratitude to the federal judges defending our constitutional system under extraordinary pressure and personal risk Dear John,  Thousands have already joined LDAD in expressing their gratitude to the federal judges defending our constitutional sy…

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December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM

This is an All-Hands-on-Deck Moment

We are living through an all-hands-on-deck moment. LDAD is doing everything it can – and calling on the aid of many additional hands – to respond. Dear John,  We are living through an all-hands-on-deck moment. LDAD is doing everything it can – and calling on the aid of many additional hands – to res…

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December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Our Judges Need Support — Will You Stand With Them?

The Supreme Court now relies on its Shadow Docket as a tool to summarily overturn carefully reasoned lower federal court decisions in furtherance of the idea that there should be few, if any, legal restraints on the President – at least the current one Dear John,  The Supreme Court now relies on its…

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December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Heartbreak, Hope, and the Fight for our Justice System

Today is Giving Tuesday, an opportunity for an early start on your year-end giving. LDAD is fully reliant on your generosity, and we hope that you will include us in your Giving Tuesday donations. Dear John,  As we enter the last month of this difficult year, each day brings a now familiar feeling …

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November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM

Responding to Attacks on Judges

As attacks on judges and judicial decision-making continue to escalate, LDAD volunteers are stepping up by contributing important content and educational opportunities. Dear John,  As attacks on judges and judicial decision-making continue to escalate, LDAD volunteers are stepping up by contributing…

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November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM

Justice Under Fire

Attacks on judges test the strength of our democracy. Dear John,  Never before has our justice system been under such intense scrutiny. Judges face the glare of the spotlight on what happens in their courtrooms when cases are being heard and they are vilified and personally attacked for the decision…

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October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM

Our freedoms cannot defend themselves. Will you help?

Your support ensures LDAD can fight back against attacks on our freedoms. Dear John,  As LDAD works each day to respond to the extraordinary threats facing this country, we ask today for you to support LDAD’s brief fall fundraising drive.  Throughout 2025, this administration has undertaken executiv…

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October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM

Protecting Justice in a Time of Crisis — Hear from Legal Leaders Nationwide

The United States has long stood as a worldwide example of a country built on fundamental concepts of freedom and fairness. LDAD works each day to ensure that the destruction of the historic East Wing of the White House does not become the enduring metaphor for the demise of these fundamental Americ…

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October 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM

Free Speech Under Siege – Stand with LDAD to Protect the Rule of Law

LDAD is responding to the ongoing attacks on our democratic institutions through increased efforts in all areas of our work. One of the ways we do this is to provide you as volunteers and supporters with content to share in the hope you will galvanize others who will join us in the fight to protect …

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October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Our Democracy Depends on What We Do Next

As we near the conclusion of another week of lawless flood-the-zone activity that is this administration's unrelenting focus, LDAD remains resolute in our commitment. We will speak out in every way we can. Dear John,  As we near the conclusion of another week of lawless flood-the-zone activity that…

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October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM

Defending Democracy: From ICE Oversight to Free Speech Under Siege

Lawyers Defending American Democracy has filed an amicus brief in support of Neguse v. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, arguing that ICE’s policy restricting unannounced visits by Members of Congress “directly violates federal law.” Dear John,  Lawyers Defending American Democracy has filed an…

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September 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM

Update on ethics filing against Attorney General Bondi

Lawyers Defending American Democracy participated in a new filing urging the Florida Supreme Court to order The Florida Bar to follow its own rules and investigate claims that Attorney General Pamela Bondi has acted unethically. Dear John,  Lawyers Defending American Democracy participated in a new…

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September 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM

Choosing Unity Over Chaos

Yesterday, historian and Boston College Professor Heather Cox Richardson wrote movingly of the final moments of the passengers on Flight 93. Dear John,  Yesterday, historian and Boston College Professor Heather Cox Richardson wrote movingly of the final moments of the passengers on Flight 93. Thirt…

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August 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM

LDAD Files Amicus Brief Opposing Executive Order

Lawyers Defending American Democracy has filed an amicus brief in an important case challenging a presidential Executive Order that would unconstitutionally restrict the number of citizens who could register to vote in federal elections. Dear John,  Lawyers Defending American Democracy has filed an …

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August 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM

Eroding Freedoms and Our Duty to Respond

Residents of the United States are incrementally losing their freedoms and experiencing a weakening in the rule of law. Dear John,  Residents of the United States are incrementally losing their freedoms and experiencing a weakening in the rule of law.  The right to vote no longer guarantees an oppo…

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August 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Disbarment Recommended: A Win for the Rule of Law

Polling data through the years makes clear that people in this country believe in fairness. They believe that government officials should be truthful and that, regardless of one’s position or wealth, no one should be above the law. Dear John,  Polling data through the years makes clear that people i…

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July 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM

Our Response to a Dangerous Attack on the Courts

America’s justice system is threatened by increasingly irresponsible attacks on judges by Administration officials who are displeased with court rulings. In a recent shocking example, the Administration filed a lawsuit against Maryland’s Federal Court that, in effect, seeks to penalize an entire fed…

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July 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM

The Real-World Impact of Executive Overreach

The values we treasure as a nation are under direct assault. In response, we all must communicate with clarity about what is at stake and why it matters. Dear John,  The values we treasure as a nation are under direct assault. In response, we all must communicate with clarity about what is at stake…

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July 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM

Fighting for Accountability

Every day, LDAD is asked by lawyers across the country what they can do in this moment to respond to a government they do not recognize as their own. Dear John,  Every day, LDAD is asked by lawyers across the country what they can do in this moment to respond to a government they do not recognize a…

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July 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM

No One Above the Law: LDAD's Latest Advocacy

A component of the work of Lawyers Defending American Democracy includes meticulous research to support the filing of detailed ethics complaints against lawyers who violate their oath and the rules of professional responsibility. Dear John,  A component of the work of Lawyers Defending American Dem…

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June 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM

Democracy Needs Us All

In a compelling New York Times interview, journalist Masha Gessen – who spent years covering Putin’s rise to power – described the “shock exhaustion” that sets in when terrible things take place in a short period of time. Dear John,  In a compelling New York Times interview, journalist Masha Gessen …

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June 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM

Ethics Complaint Against Attorney General Bondi

Lawyers Defending American Democracy and a broad coalition including Democracy Defenders Fund, Lawyers for the Rule of Law, distinguished former judges, and prominent ethics professors and lawyers have filed a detailed Ethics Complaint against Attorney General Pamela Bondi in Florida, where she is a…

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May 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM

Defend the Rule of Law. Defend Democracy.

As Congress enables, law firms capitulate, and corporations cower, it will be up to the courts to preserve the rule of law and our Constitutional democracy. Dear John,  As Congress enables, law firms capitulate, and corporations cower, it will be up to the courts to preserve the rule of law and our…

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