Press Releases
Dec 13, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Statement on New White House Strategy to Counter Islamophobia
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration today released the first-ever national strategy to counter Islamophobia and related forms of bias and discrimination, including hate against...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Religious Liberty
Dec 12, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Celebrates President Biden’s Clemency Announcement, Allowing Hundreds to Remain in Their Communities
WASHINGTON – President Biden heeded the calls of advocates and families today by granting commutations to close to 1,500 people who were released to home confinement at the heigh...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Dec 11, 2024
House Passes Defense Bill Including Attack on Military Families’ Transgender Youth
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban coverage for gender-affirming care for transgender ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 11, 2024
Montana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Families & Doctors, Blocks Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Youth
Earlier today, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that SB 99, a 2023 Montana law that categorically bans life-saving gender-affirming care for transgender youth, is unconstitutional u...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Cross v. State of Montana
Dec 11, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Tells Governors, State Attorneys General, Legislators, and Mayors: Build a Firewall for Freedom to Protect Our Rights During the Second Trump Administration
NEW YORK — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and dozens of state affiliates around the country are asking state and local officials to build firewalls for freedom that would pro...
Dec 10, 2024
New ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Report Reveals Most State Supreme Courts Fail to Meet Key Transparency Measures
As Advocates Anticipate an Increasingly Hostile Federal Judiciary During the Trump Administration, Many State Supreme Courts Lack Access to Information ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Cases of Statewide Importance
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
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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.