Press Releases
Jul 09, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Wisconsin Files Brief in Case Advocating For the Rights of Students During School Interrogations
MADISON — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Wisconsin and co-counsel from the national ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s State Supreme Court Initiative filed an amicus brief asking the Wisconsin Supr...
Issue Areas:
Juvenile Justice
Jul 07, 2025
Federal Appeals Court Denies Texas’ Request to Allow Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law to Go Into Effect
NEW ORLEANS – A federal appeals court upheld an injunction late Thursday night against Senate Bill 4 (88-4), endorsing a district court order that prohibits the anti-immigration ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jul 03, 2025
Judge Issues Preliminary Injunctions Again Blocking Missouri’s Abortion Bans, Some Restrictions
The state’s two Planned Parenthood members may resume providing procedural abortion care
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jul 03, 2025
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Statement on Final Passage of Massive Budget Bill Cutting Medicaid to Fund Abusive Deportation Efforts
H.R. 1 Will Kick 12 Million People Off Medicaid, Defund Planned Parenthood, While Giving ICE Billions
Jul 03, 2025
Supreme Court Will Hear Challenges to Bans on Athletic Participation by Transgender Students
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court today granted certiorari in two federal court cases involving transgender youth challenging bans on their participation in local school and college...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Women's Rights
Court case: B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education
Jul 02, 2025
Texas Families Sue to Block Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Every Public-School Classroom
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A group of sixteen multi-faith and nonreligious Texas families filed suit in federal court today to block a new state law requiring all public elementary and...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
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News & CommentaryAug 2025
Free Speech
I’m A Columbia Student Journalist. I Watched Censorship Unfold On My Own Campus.. Explore News & Commentary.I’m a Columbia Student Journalist. I Watched Censorship Unfold on My Own Campus.
As an opinion editor for the Columbia Daily Spectator during a historic year of campus protests and federal scrutiny, I saw firsthand how student journalists navigated censorship fears, administrative pressure, and growing national attention. -
PodcastAug 2025
Religious Liberty
America’s Most Famous Court Trial. Explore Podcast.America’s Most Famous Court Trial
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New HampshireAug 2025
Racial Justice
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National Education Association - New Hampshire V. Formella. Explore Case.National Education Association - New Hampshire v. Formella
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Nevada Supreme CourtAug 2025
Capital Punishment
Ybarra V. Warden. Explore Case.Ybarra v. Warden
This case presents the question of whether the execution of a capital defendant with serious mental illness violates Article I, section 6 of the Nevada Constitution, which prohibits cruel or unusual punishment. The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s Capital Punishment Project and State Supreme Court Initiative, along with the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Nevada, filed an amicus brief arguing that a plain reading of Article I, section 6 of the Nevada Constitution provides broader protections than the Eighth Amendment and should be interpreted to establish a categorical exemption from execution for this population.