Press Releases
Apr 01, 2025
Federal Court Rules People Cannot be Prosecuted for Helping Pregnant Alabamians Obtain Out-of-State Abortions
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge has issued a ruling making it clear that Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and district attorneys across the state cannot prosecute indiv...
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Reproductive Freedom
Apr 01, 2025
Voting Rights Groups Challenge Trump’s Recent Executive Order
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of voting rights organizations filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge President Trump’s unlawful ex...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump
Mar 28, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and Democracy Forward Comment on Trump Supreme Court Request in Alien Enemies Act Challenge
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift the temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking it from deporting immigrants using the Alien Enemi...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: J.G.G. v. TRUMP
Mar 28, 2025
In New Filing, Rümeysa Öztürk Urges Court to Protect Her Rights, Release Her
Ms. Öztürk was unlawfully detained by ICE in Massachusetts this week
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Öztürk v. Trump
Mar 27, 2025
Court Hears Arguments in First Amendment Challenge to Federal Arts Funding Restriction
Changes to NEA policy in response to ºìÐÓÊÓƵ lawsuit do not solve the problems for arts organizations or deprive court of jurisdiction, attorneys argue
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Mar 27, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Files Lawsuit Against Idaho to Stop HB 83Â
UPDATE: Mere hours after sending this press release out, the judge in our case granted our request fir a temporary restraining order preventing the law from being enforced until a ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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GeorgiaApr 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Y.a.p.a. V. Trump. Explore Case.Y.A.P.A. v. Trump
Emergency lawsuit filed in federal court to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
Civil Liberties
We Are Defending Freedom In The Courts — And Still Winning. Explore News & Commentary.We Are Defending Freedom in the Courts — And Still Winning
With 53 lawsuits filed against the Trump administration and counting, we will not surrender our freedoms to a lawless executive branch. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
Disability Rights
Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work — They Harm People With Disabilities. Explore News & Commentary.Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work — They Harm People with Disabilities
We’ve been here before. Work requirements only cut care, nothing else. -
New YorkApr 2025
Free Speech
In Re: Application Of Isaac Levi Pilant, For An Order Pursuant To 28 U.s.c. § 1782 To Conduct Discovery For Use In A Foreign Proceeding. Explore Case.In Re: Application of Isaac Levi Pilant, for an Order Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to Conduct Discovery for Use in a Foreign Proceeding