Press Releases
Jun 23, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Pennsylvania Sues City of Philadelphia Over Free Speech Restrictions During DNC
PHILADELPHIA — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit against Philadelphia today against on behalf of the Poor People’s Economic Human Right...
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Free Speech
Jun 22, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Calls on Senate to Abandon Pursuit of Vote to Expand Patriot Act Provisions That Allow Warrantless Surveillance
Sen. McConnell Could Call for Second Vote to Pass Patriot Act Expansion
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 22, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement on Obama Administration Affirmation of Women’s Access to Abortion
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights yesterday dismissed complaints regarding California’s requirement that all group health insur...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 22, 2016
Court Affirms Public Hospitals Must Comply with Reproductive Privacy Act
SEATTLE — Public hospitals in Washington that provide maternity services must also provide abortions, according to a Skagit Valley Superior Court decision released yesterday.
The...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 17, 2016
Federal Appeals Court Hears Tamesha Means’s Case, Woman Denied Emergency Medical Care Because Of Hospital’s Religious Directives
CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court will today hear a case brought by the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ on behalf of Tamesha Means, a pregnant woman who was denied emergency me...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 16, 2016
Guantánamo Transcripts Give Firsthand Accounts of CIA Torture
Pentagon Releases Tribunal Records in ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Lawsuit
Issue Areas:
National Security
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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. -
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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.