Press Releases
Oct 25, 2024
Groups Secure Temporary Order to Halt Georgia Mass Voter Challenges
ATLANTA — The Southern Poverty Law Center, ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Georgia, ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, and Akerman LLP successfully obtained a temporary restraining order yesterday to resto...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 24, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Warns that Biden-Harris Administration Rules on AI in National Security Lack Key Protections
WASHINGTON — The Biden-Harris administration today released its National Security Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence (AI), establishing guidelines for how the U.S. government ...
Oct 24, 2024
Ohio Citizens and Legal Groups Ask Federal Judge to Enforce Prior Ruling Against Requiring Naturalized Citizens to Produce Proof of Citizenship if Challenged at Ballot Box
Secretary LaRose Attempting to Revive Unlawful Requirement Struck Down in 2006
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Oct 23, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Statement on Former President Trump’s Repeated Threats to Prosecute or Punish Political Opponents if Elected
WASHINGTON, DC —A new NPR investigation has found that former President Donald Trump has made more than a hundred threats to investigate, prosecute, jail or otherwise punish his ...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Civil Liberties
Oct 23, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Sues Federal Agencies for Records Unveiling Conditions at Federal Prisons and Tent-Like Structures Used to Detain Immigrants
Lawsuit is ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s third filing in series of FOIA litigation in preparation for potential mass detention and deportation program by future presidential administrations   
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 22, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Brief in Emergency Abortion Case Sounds Alarm on Dangerous Fetal Rights Argument
WASHINGTON — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ (³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥) and ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Idaho filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today in Idaho and Moyle, et a...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States
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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.