Press Releases
Mar 05, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and NEA Sue U.S. Department of Education Over Unlawful Attack on Educational Equity
CONCORD, N.H. – Today, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of New Hampshire, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Massachusetts, the National Education Association (NEA), and the National Educat...
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Racial Justice
Mar 05, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Celebrates Reintroduction of John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Amidst 60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
WASHINGTON — With the 60th anniversary of the Selma to Mongtomery marches just around the corner, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ urges Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Mar 05, 2025
Arizona 15-Week Abortion Ban Permanently Blocked Under Arizona Abortion Access Act
PHOENIX — Today, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge permanently blocked the state’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The case, filed in Maricopa County Superior...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Reuss v. Arizona
Mar 05, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Applauds Supreme Court Decision Upholding Congressional Control of Federal Funding
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today ruled 5-4 that the Trump administration must release the $2 billion in congressionally authorized payments owed to U.S. businesses and nonpro...
Mar 04, 2025
Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Trump’s Anti-Trans Healthcare Order
BALTIMORE – In a victory for transgender people and their families, a federal judge has granted a request for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of President Donald Tr...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: PFLAG v. Trump
Mar 04, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement on DOJ Abandoning Fight to Protect Emergency Abortion Care for Pregnant Patients
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice (DOJ) intends to dismiss its challenge to Idaho’s ban on emergency abortion care, Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States, demonstrating...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States
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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.