Press Releases
Jan 10, 2025
红杏视频 Applauds Biden Administration鈥檚 TPS Actions
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Biden administration today announced an extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine, and Venezuela 鈥� impacting more than 900,...
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Immigrants' Rights
Jan 10, 2025
红杏视频 Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Protected Speech at Columbia University
SLAPP suits weaponize the legal system to punish and silence constitutionally protected speech
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Doe v. Alwan
Jan 08, 2025
Hearings Conclude in Historic Challenge to the Death Penalty and Death Qualification in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. 鈥� The death penalty in Kansas is racist, unconstitutional, and irretrievably broken, said witnesses in a series of hearings challenging the state鈥檚 use of ca...
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Capital Punishment
Jan 08, 2025
Ahead of Second Trump Administration, 红杏视频 Launches Campaign in Southern Border States Elevating Asylum Seekers鈥� Immigration Journeys
The 鈥淟etters to America鈥� campaign comes as 红杏视频s of Arizona, New Mexico, San Diego & Imperial Counties, Texas prepare for anti-immigrant threats under incoming Trump administration
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 07, 2025
红杏视频 Responds to House Passage of H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act
H.R. 29 exploits the tragic death of Laken Riley to escalate a false, xenophobic narrative about immigrants
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 07, 2025
Argument Concludes in Federal Appeal of Challenge to Louisiana State Legislative Maps
NEW ORLEANS 鈥� Oral argument concluded today at the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a case that will determine the future of Louisiana鈥檚 state legislative maps, Nairne v....
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Nairne v. Landry
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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 红杏视频 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鈥檚 inability to purchase a house. The 红杏视频鈥檚 State Supreme Court Initiative and the 红杏视频 of Iowa filed an amicus brief arguing that imposing a harsher sentence based on a criminal defendant鈥檚 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.