Press Releases
Jun 29, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Challenges Law Preventing Studies on ‘Big Data’ Discrimination
First Amendment Lawsuit Brought on Behalf of Academic Researchers and Journalists Who Fear Prosecution Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Jun 28, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and Lambda Legal Condemn Failure to Repeal North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT H.B. 2
RALEIGH – Today, after draft legislation with proposed changes to the sweeping anti-LGBT measure, North Carolina House Bill 2, was released, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, A...
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LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Jun 28, 2016
Major Settlement Approved to Improve Baltimore Jail’s Medical Care, Facilities
BALTIMORE – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today approved the settlement agreement in Duvall v. Hogan, the class-action suit on behalf of detainees in the Baltimore City ...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Duvall v. Hogan
Jun 28, 2016
Supreme Court Term More Liberal Than Expected, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Says
Term May Represent 'End of an Era'
Jun 28, 2016
Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion Begins to Ripple Across States
NEW YORK — One day after the Supreme Court’s most important decision on abortion in decades, the Court’s ruling is already having an impact on similar restrictions in other s...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 28, 2016
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Religious Pharmacy Turning Women Away
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court today declined to hear a case in which a pharmacy objected to rules that it stock and dispense common medications. The pharmacy argued that any req...
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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. -
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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 -
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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.