Press Releases
Mar 27, 2025
Court Hears Arguments in First Amendment Challenge to Federal Arts Funding Restriction
Changes to NEA policy in response to ºìÐÓÊÓƵ lawsuit do not solve the problems for arts organizations or deprive court of jurisdiction, attorneys argue
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Mar 27, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Files Lawsuit Against Idaho to Stop HB 83Â
UPDATE: Mere hours after sending this press release out, the judge in our case granted our request fir a temporary restraining order preventing the law from being enforced until a ...
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Immigrants' Rights
Mar 26, 2025
Federal Appeals Court Keeps Block on Trump Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Immigrants
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has denied the Trump administration’s request to lift a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking the Trump administration from deporting ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: J.G.G. v. TRUMP
Mar 26, 2025
Library Patrons Sue Greenville County Over Widespread Removals and Restrictions of LGBTQ Books
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Local library patrons, with help from the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of South Carolina, are suing officials in South Carolina’s most populous co...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Mar 25, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Reacts to President Trump’s Executive Order Targeting Jenner & Block
WASHINGTON — In response to President Trump issuing an Executive Order today attacking the legal profession, Cecillia Wang, National Legal Director of the American Civil Libertie...
Mar 25, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Responds to Trump’s Anti-Voter Executive Order
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ condemns President Donald Trump's executive order signed today, which aims to upend U.S. elections and disenfranchise millio...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump
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GeorgiaApr 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Y.a.p.a. V. Trump. Explore Case.Y.A.P.A. v. Trump
Emergency lawsuit filed in federal court to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
Civil Liberties
We Are Defending Freedom In The Courts — And Still Winning. Explore News & Commentary.We Are Defending Freedom in the Courts — And Still Winning
With 53 lawsuits filed against the Trump administration and counting, we will not surrender our freedoms to a lawless executive branch. -
News & CommentaryApr 2025
Disability Rights
Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work — They Harm People With Disabilities. Explore News & Commentary.Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work — They Harm People with Disabilities
We’ve been here before. Work requirements only cut care, nothing else. -
New YorkApr 2025
Free Speech
In Re: Application Of Isaac Levi Pilant, For An Order Pursuant To 28 U.s.c. § 1782 To Conduct Discovery For Use In A Foreign Proceeding. Explore Case.In Re: Application of Isaac Levi Pilant, for an Order Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to Conduct Discovery for Use in a Foreign Proceeding