Press Releases
Jan 30, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Urges Utah Supreme Court to Allow People on Death Row to Challenge Execution Methods
SALT LAKE CITY — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ and ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Utah filed an amicus brief in the Utah Supreme Court today urging the court to uphold the Utah Constitution’s pr...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Court case: Menzies v. Utah Department of Corrections
Jan 30, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Urges Appeals Court to Uphold Ruling Protecting Expedited Citizenship for Military Service Members
WASHINGTON – Four years after a district court ruled that a Trump-era policy blocking military service members’ expedited path to citizenship was unlawful, the American Civil L...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 24, 2025
Supreme Court to Hear Oklahoma Case Involving Nation’s First Religious Public Charter School
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, Education Law Center, and Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following statement c...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Jan 24, 2025
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Block on SF 2340, Iowa’s Anti-Immigrant Law
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit today upheld a temporary block on SF 2340, Iowa's worst-ever immigration law.
The Iowa law was passed during the...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 23, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Blasts Trump Administration Threats Against State and Local Officials
Memo and Public Letter to DOJ Affirm That States Have No Obligation to Help Carry Out Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jan 23, 2025
Landmark Settlement Secures Fair Voting Maps in Nassau County
Settlement requires a fair map, replaces a partisan gerrymander that diluted political power of voters of color
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: New York Communities for Change v. Nassau County
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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.