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Dec 15, 2023
Georgia Court Blocks Racially Gerrymandered Cobb County School Board Map
COBB COUNTY, GA — In a win for Black and Latinx voters, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia blocked the Cobb County School Board from using its racially ...
Dec 14, 2023
NYCLU & Advocates Alert Nassau County of First Possible NYVRA Redistricting Challenge
NASSAU COUNTY, NY– Today, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and S...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: New York Communities for Change v. Nassau County
Dec 14, 2023
Virginia Supreme Court Reinstates Case Seeking to Allow Misgendering of Transgender Students
RICHMOND, Va. — The Supreme Court of Virginia issued a ruling today reinstating a case brought by a public school teacher seeking the right to mistreat transgender students by re...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Vlaming v. West Point School District
Dec 14, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Submits Amicus Brief in Support of Immigrant Workers Detained at Golden State Annex Facility
SAN FRANCISCO — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Foundation of Northern California, and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Foundation of Southern California today filed an amicus brief in In Re GEO Gr...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Dec 14, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Slams Congress for NDAA Vote Extending Mass Surveillance Program with No Reforms
Organization Vows to Continue Pushing for Much-Needed Protections Against Unwarranted Government Surveillance
Dec 13, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Kansas: Federal Court Allows Dodge City At-large Lawsuit to Move Forward to Trial
DODGE CITY, Kan. – A federal court has denied the City of Dodge City’s motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging its at-large voting system. The case will now procee...
Court case: Coca v. City of Dodge City
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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.