Press Releases
Mar 27, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Files Lawsuit Against Idaho to Stop HB 83Â
UPDATE: Mere hours after sending this press release out, the judge in our case granted our request fir a temporary restraining order preventing the law from being enforced until a ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Mar 26, 2025
Federal Appeals Court Keeps Block on Trump Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Immigrants
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has denied the Trump administration’s request to lift a temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking the Trump administration from deporting ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: J.G.G. v. TRUMP
Mar 26, 2025
Library Patrons Sue Greenville County Over Widespread Removals and Restrictions of LGBTQ Books
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Local library patrons, with help from the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of South Carolina, are suing officials in South Carolina’s most populous co...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Free Speech
Mar 25, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Reacts to President Trump’s Executive Order Targeting Jenner & Block
WASHINGTON — In response to President Trump issuing an Executive Order today attacking the legal profession, Cecillia Wang, National Legal Director of the American Civil Libertie...
Mar 25, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Responds to Trump’s Anti-Voter Executive Order
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ condemns President Donald Trump's executive order signed today, which aims to upend U.S. elections and disenfranchise millio...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump
Mar 24, 2025
Arguments Wrap in Case Defending Black Representation in Louisiana’s Congressional Map
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, voting rights advocates argued before the Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais that a congressional map that was in place during the 2024 election cycle...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Callais v. Landry
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PennsylvaniaMay 2025
Disability Rights
Jonathan Difraia V. Kevin Ransom. Explore Case.Jonathan DiFraia v. Kevin Ransom
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TexasMay 2025
Immigrants' Rights
M.a.p.s. V. Garite. Explore Case.M.A.P.S. v. Garite
Emergency lawsuit filed in federal court to again halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act for people within that court’s judicial district. -
OklahomaMay 2025
Free Speech
Oklahoma State Department Of Education V. Freedom From Religion Foundation. Explore Case.Oklahoma State Department of Education v. Freedom From Religion Foundation
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GeorgiaMay 2025
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Coronell, Et Al. V. Georgia. Explore Case.Coronell, et al. v. Georgia
As a result of Georgia Senate Bill 63, thousands of people are being kept in jail pre-trial because they can’t afford to post bail, even when a judge believes the person should have been released until trial with no risk to the public. The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s Criminal Law Reform Project, along with ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥-GA and the Southern Center for Human Rights, filed a class action lawsuit challenging SB63’s mandatory monetary bail provisions under the Georgia State Constitution.