Press Releases
Aug 12, 2025
District Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order Prohibiting ICE from Detaining Immigrants in Abusive Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza
Order places limitations on number of people allowed in holding rooms, grants access to legal calls
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 12, 2025
Eighth Circuit Upholds Arkansas’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth
Little Rock, Ark.--Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in US v. Skrmetti, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge to an Arkansas law banning gender-affirmin...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Brandt et al v. Rutledge et al
Aug 12, 2025
New Filing Reveals Gross Abuse of Power by Texas Officials who Engaged in Wrongful Prosecution of Abortion
Starr County officials violated Lizelle Gonzalez’s constitutional rights by investigating, indicting, and arresting her for an abortion despite Texas’ ban on such prosecutions
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Gonzalez v. Ramirez et al.
Aug 09, 2025
Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Lack of Access to Counsel and Inhumane Conditions for People Held at Federal Building in New York
Class action lawsuit details abusive conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, including extreme overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, lack of access to medical care or legal counsel
Aug 07, 2025
Educators, ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, NEA-NH, and GLAD Law Sue New Hampshire Over Yet Another Unconstitutional Attack on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
CONCORD, N.H. — A diverse group of educators and advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a new anti-equity, anti-inclusion, and anti-diversity law in New Hampsh...
Aug 07, 2025
Tenth Circuit Rejects Challenge From Families Against Oklahoma Ban on Best Practice Medical Care
OKLAHOMA CITY – Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti upholding a ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appe...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Poe v. Drummond
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News & CommentaryAug 2025
Free Speech
I’m A Columbia Student Journalist. I Watched Censorship Unfold On My Own Campus.. Explore News & Commentary.I’m a Columbia Student Journalist. I Watched Censorship Unfold on My Own Campus.
As an opinion editor for the Columbia Daily Spectator during a historic year of campus protests and federal scrutiny, I saw firsthand how student journalists navigated censorship fears, administrative pressure, and growing national attention. -
PodcastAug 2025
Religious Liberty
America’s Most Famous Court Trial. Explore Podcast.America’s Most Famous Court Trial
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New HampshireAug 2025
Racial Justice
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National Education Association - New Hampshire V. Formella. Explore Case.National Education Association - New Hampshire v. Formella
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Nevada Supreme CourtAug 2025
Capital Punishment
Ybarra V. Warden. Explore Case.Ybarra v. Warden
This case presents the question of whether the execution of a capital defendant with serious mental illness violates Article I, section 6 of the Nevada Constitution, which prohibits cruel or unusual punishment. The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s Capital Punishment Project and State Supreme Court Initiative, along with the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Nevada, filed an amicus brief arguing that a plain reading of Article I, section 6 of the Nevada Constitution provides broader protections than the Eighth Amendment and should be interpreted to establish a categorical exemption from execution for this population.