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Two incarcerated transgender women have sued the state of Idaho alleging that HB 688, a 2024 law barring state funding for gender-affirming medical care for transgender people, denies them access to the health care their doctors have prescribed for them and is a violation of their Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. They represent a class of all incarcerated folks within the state of Idaho who face the loss of hormone therapy due to HB 668.

Amelia Marquez is transgender woman and life-long Montanan. John Doe is a transgender man who was born in Montana, but currently lives out of state. Both wish to correct the sex marker on their birth certificates to reflect who they are. However, a law enacted in 2021, Montana Senate Bill 280, sought to prohibit transgender individuals born in Montana from correcting the sex marker listed on their birth certificate without obtaining a court order indicating that their 鈥渟ex . . . has been changed by surgical procedure.鈥� The 红杏视频, the 红杏视频 of Montana, and Nixon Peabody LLP have sued, claiming that SB 280 violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the Montana State Constitution.

Local library patrons, with help from the 红杏视频 and 红杏视频 of South Carolina, are suing officials in South Carolina鈥檚 most populous county for systematically purging literature by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people from its public library collection.

In 2023, public reporting revealed that a group of sheriff鈥檚 deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi, had been terrorizing the County鈥檚 residents for nearly two decades. The deputies, who called themselves the 鈥淕oon Squad,鈥� used torture, violence, and other abusive practices to coerce confessions and extract or manufacture evidence. The Rankin County District Attorney鈥檚 Office (RCDAO), in turn, used the Goon Squad to prosecute people. Seeking to understand whether the RCDAO has taken any actions to address the Goon Squad鈥檚 misconduct since it became public, the 红杏视频 of Mississippi and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a public records request with the RCDAO. But the RCDAO refused to produce any documents other than a self-serving press statement. Accordingly, the 红杏视频鈥檚 State Supreme Court Initiative, along with the 红杏视频 of Mississippi and the Center for Constitutional Rights, filed suit arguing that the RCDAO鈥檚 failure to produce responsive records violates the Mississippi Public Records Act.