Press Releases
Jan 17, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Applauds President Biden’s Decision to Grant Clemency to Nearly 2,500 People
WASHINGTON – President Biden announced today that he will commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people impacted by the failed war on drugs – a war that devastated communities b...
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Smart Justice
Jan 16, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on Presidential Executive Order to Strengthen Digital ID Regulations
WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden Administration announced an Executive Order on strengthening cybersecurity regulations for critical infrastructure sectors and establishing federal ...
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Privacy & Technology
Jan 16, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement on Federal Court Allowing Medication Abortion Case to Continue in Amarillo, Texas
The ruling issued by Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk threatens access to care across the country.
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jan 15, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ FOIA Litigation Continues to Disclose ICE Proposals to Expand Immigration Detention Nationwide
More Information Disclosed as President-elect Donald Trump Prepares to Enact Mass Deportations on Day One
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Immigrants' Rights
Jan 15, 2025
Supreme Court May Decide if Government Can Age-Gate Sexual Expression Online
In Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and partners urge court to find Texas’s age verification law unconstitutional
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
Jan 14, 2025
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Highlights Questions Ahead of Kristi Noem’s Confirmation Hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security
Noem's confirmation hearing in the Senate is scheduled for January 15.
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
National Security
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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.