Press Releases
Oct 19, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, Lambda Legal File Brief to Protect All Transgender People Harmed by Discriminatory H.B. 2
RICHMOND, Va. — In a lawsuit challenging the North Carolina law banning transgender people from using restrooms that correspond to their gender identity, LGBT rights groups yeste...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Oct 18, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Urges Justice Department to Investigate Police Use of Face Recognition
WASHINGTON — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ sent a letter today to the Justice Department urging it to investigate the increasing use and impact of face recognition by police...
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Oct 17, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Sues Georgia Over Failure to Extend Voter Registration Deadline After Hurricane Matthew
ATLANTA — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ today sued Georgia for refusing to extend the voter registration deadline in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.
“The state’s failure ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 17, 2016
Mohamedou Slahi Released from Guantánamo After 14 Years Without Charge or Trial
‘Guantánamo Diary’ Author to Rejoin Family in Mauritania After U.S. Review Board Cleared Way for Release
Issue Areas:
National Security
Oct 14, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Responds to Florida Supreme Court Ruling State’s Death Sentencing Statute Unconstitutional
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court today ruled that the state’s system of issuing death sentences is unconstitutional. The Florida Legislature passed a law earlier t...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Oct 13, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Takes Legal Action to Protect Rights of Minnesota Transgender Student
St. Paul, MINN. — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Minnesota and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ filed a motion yesterday to intervene on behalf of a transgender student in a lawsuit that seeks to...
Court case: Privacy Matters v. U.S. Department of Education
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U.S. Supreme CourtNov 2025
National Security
Trump V. Illinois. Explore Case.Trump v. Illinois
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Illinois and other free speech organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court in Trump v. Illinois, the state’s lawsuit challenging President Trump’s attempt to federalize National Guard troops and deploy them into Chicago and surrounding counties. The case is at the Supreme Court on the Trump administration’s emergency application seeking to stay or temporarily lift the lower courts’ orders blocking the deployment. -
News & CommentaryNov 2025
Civil Liberties
Defending Veterans’ Rights For Over A Century. Explore News & Commentary.Defending Veterans’ Rights for Over a Century
This Veterans Day, we renew our commitment to ensuring that the rights of those who serve are honored and protected. -
News & CommentaryNov 2025
Privacy & Technology
Free Speech
There’s Only One State That Is Asking The Right Questions ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Digital Identity. Explore News & Commentary.There’s Only One State That is Asking the Right Questions ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Digital Identity
A digital ID system involves value-laden choices that should be made through explicit political discussion and debate -
News & CommentaryNov 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership At Ice Offices Despite Human Rights Violations. Explore News & Commentary.Border Patrol Agents Replace Top Leadership at ICE Offices Despite Human Rights Violations
As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, the Trump administration is replacing nearly half of top leaders at ICE field offices across the country with Border Patrol, an agency long criticized for its culture of cruelty and lack of accountability.