Press Releases
Jan 19, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Cheers House Passage of the PRESS ACT
The bill protects journalists and their sources from government overreach and censorship.
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Free Speech
Jan 18, 2024
Civil and Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Urge Federal Clemency for Military Veterans Vulnerable to Deportation
WASHINGTON — Organizations representing noncitizen military veterans whose federal criminal convictions make them vulnerable to deportation are urging President Biden to use his ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Smart Justice
Jan 16, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ-NJ Statement on the Signing of Youth Alcohol Possession Legislation Following Conditional Veto to Remove Fines and Criminal Penalties
NEWARK – ºìÐÓÊÓƵ-NJ Campaign Strategist Ami Kachalia issued the following statement on the signing of legislation concerning youth alcohol possession (S3954/A5610) after a condition...
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Racial Justice
Jan 16, 2024
Busy Philipps Named as ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Artist Ambassador for Reproductive Freedom
NEW YORK — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ announced that Busy Philipps — New York Times bestselling author, actor, activist, and writer — will join the organization’s A...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jan 16, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Title IX Victory for Transgender Rights
WASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court has declined to review a federal court ruling in favor of a transgender student and his family challenging a discriminatory restroom ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jan 12, 2024
Civil Rights Groups File Preliminary Injunction to Block Texas’ Anti-Immigrant Law S.B. 4 From Taking Effect
AUSTIN, Texas — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Texas, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, and the Texas Civil Rights Project today filed a preliminary injunction in federal court to block Texas’ ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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New HampshireJun 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Barbara V. Donald J. Trump. Explore Case.Barbara v. Donald J. Trump
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News & CommentaryJun 2025
Free Speech
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Live Coverage: Final Scotus Decision Day. Explore News & Commentary.Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ has served as counsel or filed amicus briefs in more than half of the cases that the Supreme Court will decide today. -
News & CommentaryJun 2025
LGBTQ Rights
The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow To Trans Rights. Here's How To Take Action. Explore News & Commentary.The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow to Trans Rights. Here's How to Take Action
The decision in Skrmetti v. U.S. is not the end of the road. We can, and must, show up for trans youth in the courts and in our communities. -
Iowa Supreme CourtJun 2025
Criminal Law Reform
State V. Hidlebaugh. Explore Case.State v. Hidlebaugh
This case asks whether it violates equal protection principles to impose a prison sentence, instead of probation, based on a defendant’s inability to purchase a house. The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s State Supreme Court Initiative and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Iowa filed an amicus brief arguing that imposing a harsher sentence based on a criminal defendant’s inability to purchase a home impinges on the equal protection guarantees in the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and article I, sections 1 and 6 of the Iowa Constitution.