Press Releases
Dec 19, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Kansas: Judge Denies Relief To Detainees Suffering Unconstitutional Wait Times
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A federal district court judge has denied a request to enter a preliminary injunction which would have remedied the months-long waitlist for bed space at Larn...
Dec 19, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Issues Travel Advisory for Texas After Passage of Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law
ALBUQUERQUE – The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ (ºìÐÓÊÓƵ) affiliates of New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, San Diego and Imperial Counties, and Texas issued an adv...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Dec 19, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Taps Hill Veteran Mike Zamore to Lead Expansion of Policy & Government Affairs Division
WASHINGTON — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ today announced the appointment of Mike Zamore as National Director of Policy and Government Affairs. Bringing more than two decad...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Dec 18, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Urges the Supreme Court Not to Make it Harder to Bring Retaliatory Arrest Cases
WASHINGTON – The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and partners today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to protect our right to engage in constitutionally-p...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Gonzalez v. Trevino
Dec 18, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Applauds New National Law Enforcement Accountability Database But Identifies Its Significant Shortcomings
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration today launched a National Law Enforcement Accountability Database, a collection of records aimed at bringing transparency to and documenting...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Dec 18, 2023
Attorneys Dismiss Class-Action Lawsuit Against Two Kentucky Abortion Bans
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Attorneys dismissed a class-action lawsuit yesterday challenging two Kentucky abortion bans brought on behalf of lead plaintiff Jane Doe and Planned Parenthood ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Jane Doe, et al. v. Daniel Cameron, et al.
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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.