Press Releases
Apr 25, 2016
Innocent Man Dies of Cancer on Texas Death Row Three Days Before Hearing to Clear His Name
Max Soffar Spent 35 Years Behind Bars for Crimes He Didn’t Commit
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Court case: State of Texas v. Max Soffar
Apr 25, 2016
Colorado Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case of Bakery Who Turned Away Gay Couple
DENVER – The Colorado State Supreme Court decided today to let stand an appellate court ruling that Masterpiece Cakeshop violated Colorado’s anti-discrimination law when it ref...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 25, 2016
Tens of Thousands Call for Repeal of North Carolina Anti-LGBT Law As Legislature Returns
RALEIGH, N.C. — More than 150,000 signatures demanding the repeal of North Carolina’s anti-LGBT House Bill 2 were delivered to the office of Gov. Pat McCrory today by a collect...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Carcaño, et al. v. Cooper, et al
Apr 22, 2016
Court Rules ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Lawsuit Against CIA Torture Psychologists Can Proceed
Judge Rejects Psychologists’ Motion to Dismiss Case Filed on Behalf of Three CIA Torture Victims
Apr 21, 2016
Three More Plaintiffs Join Lawsuit Against North Carolina’s Discriminatory Anti-LGBT Law
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and Lambda Legal Add Transgender High School Student and Lesbian Couple to Lawsuit to Fight HB 2
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Apr 21, 2016
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Vows to Sue Over Alabama Legislation Designed to Close Abortion Clinics
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — After an Alabama House committee passed a bill that would shutter abortion clinics within 2,000 feet of a public school, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ com...
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. -
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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 -
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.