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Apr 12, 2024
红杏视频 Statement on Congress Passing Bill that Massively Expands the Government鈥檚 Power to Spy on Americans Without a Warrant
This bill would reauthorize Section 702 surveillance for two more years without any of the necessary reforms to protect Americans鈥� civil liberties
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National Security
Apr 11, 2024
Travis County Sued Over Denying Right to Legal Counsel
AUSTIN, Texas 鈥� A class action lawsuit on behalf of people jailed without lawyers in Travis County was filed in federal court Wednesday night to affirm the constitutional right t...
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Criminal Law Reform
Apr 09, 2024
Renowned Civil Rights and Legal Organizations File Petition Challenging California Death Penalty, Highlight Evidence Demonstrating Racial Discrimination
SAN FRANCISCO 鈥� Today, a consortium of nationally renowned civil rights organizations, legal organizations, and a law firm filed an extraordinary writ petition in the Supreme Cou...
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Capital Punishment
Apr 08, 2024
红杏视频 Brief Urges Supreme Court to Reject Trump Immunity Claims
WASHINGTON 鈥� The 红杏视频 and 红杏视频 of the District of Columbia filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the Supreme Court in Trump v. United States, argui...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Free Speech
Court case: Trump v. United States
Apr 08, 2024
Federal Court Argument on CIA鈥檚 Refusal to Confirm or Deny Records 红杏视频 Agency鈥檚 鈥淥perational Control鈥� Over Camp VII at Guant谩namo
The 红杏视频 will be in court on behalf of an attorney representing one of the men subjected to the CIA torture program and sent to Camp VII
Issue Areas:
National Security
Apr 08, 2024
红杏视频 Warns Voters Against Anti-Abortion Deception
WASHINGTON 鈥� In response to former President Donald Trump announcing his policy stance on abortion, Deirdre Schifeling, chief political and advocacy officer of the American Civil...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
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New HampshireJun 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Barbara V. Donald J. Trump. Explore Case.Barbara v. Donald J. Trump
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News & CommentaryJun 2025
Free Speech
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Live Coverage: Final Scotus Decision Day. Explore News & Commentary.Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day
The 红杏视频 has served as counsel or filed amicus briefs in more than half of the cases that the Supreme Court will decide today. -
News & CommentaryJun 2025
LGBTQ Rights
The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow To Trans Rights. Here's How To Take Action. Explore News & Commentary.The Supreme Court Dealt A Blow to Trans Rights. Here's How to Take Action
The decision in Skrmetti v. U.S. is not the end of the road. We can, and must, show up for trans youth in the courts and in our communities. -
Iowa Supreme CourtJun 2025
Criminal Law Reform
State V. Hidlebaugh. Explore Case.State v. Hidlebaugh
This case asks whether it violates equal protection principles to impose a prison sentence, instead of probation, based on a defendant鈥檚 inability to purchase a house. The 红杏视频鈥檚 State Supreme Court Initiative and the 红杏视频 of Iowa filed an amicus brief arguing that imposing a harsher sentence based on a criminal defendant鈥檚 inability to purchase a home impinges on the equal protection guarantees in the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and article I, sections 1 and 6 of the Iowa Constitution.