Press Releases
Jun 06, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement in Response to Kentucky Prison Lifting Anti-LGBT Literature Rule
KENTUCKY — The Kentucky Commissioner of Corrections has said that a minimum and medium security prison in West Liberty can no longer enforce a mail policy that prohibited prisone...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 06, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Challenges Major Health System’s Denial of Insurance for Transgender Employee
Lawsuit Argues Dignity Health’s Denial of Medically Necessary Care Violates Civil Rights Act and Affordable Care Act
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Robinson v. Dignity Health
Jun 04, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Comment on the Passing of Civil Liberties' Heavyweight, Muhammad Ali
NEW YORK — Muhammad Ali, the three-time heavyweight boxing champion of the world, humanitarian, and ​global icon, has died at the age of 74.
Anthony D. Romero, executive direc...
Jun 03, 2016
President Commutes Life Without Parole Sentence of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Client Douglas Ray Dunkins Jr.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama today commuted the sentences of 42 people, including Douglas Ray Dunkins Jr., 50, who has been serving life without parole for a nonviolent dr...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Jun 03, 2016
In Re Angelica Villalobos, et al., [Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals]
NEW ORLEANS — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Texas, and National Immigration Law Center today filed a petition for writ of mandamus before the Fifth Circuit Cour...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 03, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Sues Alabama Over Abortion Restrictions That Would Severely Limit Access Statewide
State’s Newest Abortion Laws Would Shutter Clinics, Ban Medically Proven Procedures and Harm Women
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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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.