Press Releases
Jun 27, 2024
Unconstitutional Letters Sent to Naturalized Citizens Amount to Voter IntimidationÂ
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today numerous advocacy organizations sent a demand letter to Tennessee Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins and Secretary of State Tre Hargett informing them t...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jun 27, 2024
Supreme Court Declines to Protect Pregnant People’s Right to Emergency Care
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court issued a ruling today in Idaho and Moyle v. United States, dismissing the case from the Supreme Court docket without a ruling on the merits, and se...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States
Jun 27, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Responds to President Biden’s Announcement Pardoning LGBTQ Service Members
WASHINGTON – President Biden announced this week that he will pardon LGBTQ former service members convicted under now-repealed military laws prohibiting consensual sex. This deci...
Jun 27, 2024
New Report: United States a Global Outlier in Denying Voting Rights Due to Criminal Convictions
WASHINGTON — The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, and the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ today released a new report, “Out of Step: U.S. Policy on Voting Rights in Globa...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jun 26, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Statement on Leaked Supreme Court Decision in Emergency Abortion Case
WASHINGTON – In response to the leaked opinion in Moyle v. United States, Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, deputy director of the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Reproductive Freedom Project, released the following st...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States
Jun 25, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Texas and ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Defend First Amendment Right to Protest
WASHINGTON — The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Texas and the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state criminal court convictions of three North Texas comm...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Henderson v. State of Texas
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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.