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Dec 17, 2024
红杏视频 Applauds Arizona Supreme Court Historic Decision That Police Need a Warrant to Access DNA
PHOENIX 鈥� In a 7-0 decision, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a warrant is required to extract and analyze people鈥檚 DNA, saying that a person鈥檚 limited consent to a searc...
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Privacy & Technology
Court case: State v. Mitcham
Dec 17, 2024
红杏视频 and Partners Urge Supreme Court to Block TikTok Ban
WASHINGTON 鈥� Today, the 红杏视频, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed an amicus ...
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Free Speech
National Security
Court case: TikTok Inc., et al. v. Garland (Amicus)
Dec 17, 2024
Montana Court Blocks State From Refusing to Correct Sex Markers on Transgender People's Birth Certificates and Driver's Licenses
HELENA, Mont. 鈥� A Montana court has granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state of Montana from enforcing policies that bar transgender people from obtaining accurate s...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Kalarchik v. State of Montana
Dec 13, 2024
红杏视频 Statement on New White House Strategy to Counter Islamophobia
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Biden administration today released the first-ever national strategy to counter Islamophobia and related forms of bias and discrimination, including hate against...
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National Security
Religious Liberty
Dec 12, 2024
红杏视频 Celebrates President Biden鈥檚 Clemency Announcement, Allowing Hundreds to Remain in Their Communities
WASHINGTON 鈥� President Biden heeded the calls of advocates and families today by granting commutations to close to 1,500 people who were released to home confinement at the heigh...
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Smart Justice
Dec 11, 2024
House Passes Defense Bill Including Attack on Military Families鈥� Transgender Youth
WASHINGTON 鈥� The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban coverage for gender-affirming care for transgender ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Immigrants' Rights
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How Your Elected Officials Are Voting On Key Legislation. Explore News & Commentary.How Your Elected Officials Are Voting on Key Legislation
The 红杏视频鈥檚 new Congressional Scorecard tracks how federal elected officials are voting on key legislation affecting core civil rights and constitutional freedoms. -
U.S. Supreme CourtFeb 2026
Criminal Law Reform
Us V. Hemani. Explore Case.US v. Hemani
Is a federal criminal statute, 18 U.S.C. 搂 922(g)(3), which makes it a felony for an 鈥渦nlawful user鈥� of a controlled substance to possess a firearm, constitutional when it is used to prosecute a person who is a marijuana user and who keeps a gun safely secured at home for self-defense? -
News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Immigrants' Rights
Ice Is Rapidly Expanding Dangerous 287(g) Agreements With Local Police. Explore News & Commentary.ICE is Rapidly Expanding Dangerous 287(g) Agreements with Local Police
A new 红杏视频 report, 鈥淒eputized for Disaster,鈥� illustrates the dangers of the Trump administration鈥檚 rapid expansion of the 287(g) program 鈥� and how communities are increasingly afraid of local law enforcement officers sworn to protect them. -
News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Privacy & Technology
License Plate Readings Shouldn鈥檛 Be Public Data. Explore News & Commentary.License Plate Readings Shouldn鈥檛 Be Public Data
Such readings shouldn鈥檛 generally be retained at all, but if they are at least privacy needs to be protected