Press Releases
Jul 29, 2024
Thousands of Nebraskans’ Voting Rights at Stake in New Lawsuit
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraskans who are at risk of being denied a vote this year are suing Nebraska’s top elections official and the Douglas and Hall County Election Commissioners i...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Spung v. Evnen
Jul 29, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on The Biden-Harris Administration’s Supreme Court Reform Proposal
WASHINGTON — President Joseph Biden released a proposal today to reform the Supreme Court through term limits and a code of ethics. President Biden also proposed a constitutional...
Jul 26, 2024
Civil Rights Organizations Request Records Related to Oklahoma Biblical Schooling Mandate
Civil Rights Organizations Request Records Related to Oklahoma Biblical Schooling Mandate
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Jul 26, 2024
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds State’s 12-Week Abortion Ban and Transgender Care Restrictions
LINCOLN, Neb. – A new decision from the Nebraska Supreme Court means that the state’s 12-week abortion ban and restrictions on young transgender Nebraskans’ medical care will...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Hilgers
Jul 25, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Announces Chase Strangio As Co-Director of LGBTQ & HIV Project
NEW YORK – The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ today announced the promotion of attorney Chase Strangio to the role of Co-Director for the LGBTQ & HIV Project. Formerly the De...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Jul 24, 2024
Court Rejects Attempt to Dismiss Case Seeking Accountability for Wrongful Prosecution of Abortion
McALLEN, Texas – A federal judge ruled today that a lawsuit seeking accountability for the unlawful investigation and prosecution of Lizelle Gonzalez can proceed, rejecting attem...
Court case: Gonzalez v. Ramirez et al.
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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.