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Jun 27, 2025
Supreme Court Orders Re-Argument of Louisiana Redistricting Case for Next Term
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order to reargue the case of Louisiana v. Callais and will later issue an order scheduling the argument and specifying ...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Callais v. Landry
Jun 27, 2025
Groups File Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over Trump Birthright Citizenship Order
New lawsuit comes in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Barbara v. Donald J. Trump
Jun 27, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Comment on Supreme Court Decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court issued a blow to freedom of speech and privacy today by upholding Texas legislation that requires invasive age verification to access online conten...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Privacy & Technology
Court case: Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
Jun 27, 2025
Supreme Court Requires Religious Opt-Outs from Secular Lessons in Public Schools
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Mahmoud v. Taylor that Montgomery County Public Schools must allow religious opt-outs from any lessons that parents believe wil...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Court case: Mahmoud v. Taylor
Jun 27, 2025
Supreme Court Limits Nationwide Injunctions, Potentially Allowing Partial Enforcement of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship OrderÂ
WASHINGTON — In a troubling but limited decision on President Trump’s birthright citizenship order, the U.S. Supreme Court today took a stand against “universal injunctionsâ€...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 26, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Joins Calls to Gov. Newsom to Commute All Death Sentences as State Supreme Court Reviews Constitutional Challenge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ joined the growing chorus of calls to Gov. Newsom to commute all death sentences on California’s death row to life witho...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
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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 ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ 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 ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s State Supreme Court Initiative and the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ 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.