Press Releases
Dec 28, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Maine Condemns Ongoing, Forcible Displacement of Unhoused Residents
PORTLAND – The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Maine condemns the City of Portland’s forcible displacement today of unhoused residents under the false promise that shelter sp...
Dec 27, 2023
Families Block Idaho Law Banning Health Care for Transgender Youth
BOISE – In a victory for families of transgender youth and their medical providers, a federal judge has preliminarily blocked enforcement of HB 71, an Idaho law banning gender-af...
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LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Poe v. Labrador
Dec 22, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Applauds President Biden’s Clemency Announcement
Announcement Will Reunite 11 Families in a Small Step Toward Justice
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Smart Justice
Dec 20, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Urges Supreme Court to Allow No Fly List Challenge to Continue
WASHINGTON — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Oregon, and Goodwin Procter today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Supreme Court case FBI v. Fikre, which will de...
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National Security
Court case: FBI v. Fikre
Dec 19, 2023
Voting Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Ohio HB 458 for Violating Americans with Disabilities Act  Â
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The League of Women Voters of Ohio and voter Jennifer Kucera filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a provision in House Bill 458 that impacts how voters who ...
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Voting Rights
Dec 19, 2023
Civil Rights Organizations Sue to Block Texas from Enacting Extremist Immigration Law
AUSTIN, Texas — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Texas, and the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) filed a lawsuit today challenging Texas Senate Bill 4, which woul...
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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.