Press Releases
Jan 10, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Urges Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Protect Right to Privacy in Internet Searches
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and librarians file amicus in Pennsylvania v. Kurtz, asking the state Supreme Court to protect people seeking information online
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Privacy & Technology
National Security
Court case: Commonwealth v. Kurtz
Jan 10, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement in Support of Additional Funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ thanks Representatives Yvette Clarke and Brian Fitzpatrick, as well as Senators Peter Welch and J.D. Vance, for introducing the bipartisan and bi...
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Free Speech
Jan 09, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ to Defend NRA Before Supreme Court, to Uphold Advocacy Groups’ Right to Free Speech
The case will determine whether the First Amendment allows government regulators to threaten retaliation against businesses that work with a controversial advocacy organization.
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: National Rifle Association v. Vullo
Jan 09, 2024
Comment on Biden Administration Partial Repeal of Unlawful Trump Rule Allowing Refusals of Health Care
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced it would partially repeal a dangerous and unnecessary Trump-era rule, which numerous courts had declared unlawful, that would have...
Jan 05, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Rings Alarm Over Supreme Court Taking Up Emergency Abortion Care Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced today that it would pause a lower court decision holding that states may not bar hospitals from providing abortions to patients in emerge...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jan 02, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, Free Press, and First Amendment Rights Orgs Urge Courts to Unseal Documents Related to FBI Raid on Journalist
Lack of transparency on how Tim Burke’s newsgathering allegedly violated computer crime laws has a chilling effect on journalism
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
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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.