Press Releases
Jun 18, 2025
Supreme Court Strengthens Access to Justice for Incarcerated People
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled today that incarcerated people have the right to a jury trial on questions about whether they had access to a prison’s grievance process wh...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Perttu v Richards
Jun 18, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, Lambda Legal Respond to Supreme Court Ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti
WASHINGTON – This morning, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a challenge brought by three transgender adolescents, their families, and a Memphis-based medi...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti/U.S. v. Skrmetti
Jun 17, 2025
Transgender US Passport Holders Granted Temporary Relief in Challenge to Trump Gender Marker Policy
BOSTON – A federal judge today expanded a preliminary injunction to two newly certified classes of passport holders in Orr v. Trump, a challenge to the Trump administration’s p...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Orr v. Trump
Jun 17, 2025
In Win for Academic Speech, Oklahoma Supreme Court Says Higher Ed is Off-Limits from Censorship Law
The court also left in place a preliminary injunction preventing K-12 schools from implementing confusing bans on speech related to race and gender
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Black Emergency Response Team v. O'Connor
Jun 17, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Opposes Department of Energy’s Direct Final Rule Removing Requirements for Disability Access
WASHINGTON — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ has submitted a public comment in opposition to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposed direct final rules that attempt t...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Jun 16, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Responds to Senate Finance Committee Bill That Will Kick Millions Off Medicaid
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Finance Committee today unveiled bill language which, like its much-criticized House companion bill, cuts hundreds of billions of dollars from Medica...
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
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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.