Press Releases
Mar 28, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement on OMB Memo for AI Use by Federal Agencies
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memorandum establishing baseline protections for civil rights and safety that federal agencies must ...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Mar 27, 2024
Voting Rights Groups Respond to Federal Court Decision Allowing Pa. Counties to Reject Some Mail Ballots
Ballots With Incorrect or Missing Handwritten Date on Outer Envelope can be Rejected Under Today’s Ruling
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Mar 27, 2024
Montana Supreme Court Strikes Down Voting Laws Intended to Disenfranchise Indigenous Voters
HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court today ruled in favor of a collection of Native American organizations and tribes, holding that two state laws that hinder Native America...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Western Native Voice v. Jacobsen
Mar 27, 2024
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Blocks Extreme Texas Anti-Immigrant Law From Going Into Effect
Decision prevents law from being enforced while court considers its legality
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 26, 2024
Ohio Families File Lawsuit Challenging Ban on Gender-Affirming Healthcare for Transgender Youth
COLUMBUS- Today, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Ohio, and the global law firm Goodwin filed a lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional enactment of House Bill 68, ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Mar 26, 2024
Supreme Court Could Impose Nationwide Restrictions on Abortion
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral argument later today in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, which could have serious effects on people’s ability to access a...
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 ºìÐÓÊÓƵ 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’s inability to purchase a house. The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s State Supreme Court Initiative and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Iowa filed an amicus brief arguing that imposing a harsher sentence based on a criminal defendant’s 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.