Press Releases
Jun 18, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Comment on Biden Plan to Keep Families TogetherÂ
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is poised to announce an executive action today designed to protect many U.S. citizens’ undocumented spouses and their children from depor...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Jun 18, 2024
Garza Martinez, ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, and ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Texas Fight to Hold Government Accountable for Unlawful Prosecution of South Texas’ Lizelle Gonzalez
McALLEN, Texas – The ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥, ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Texas, and Texas-based firm Garza Martinez filed an opposition to a motion to dismiss today in a case challenging the...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Gonzalez v. Ramirez et al.
Jun 17, 2024
Federal Court Temporarily Halts Iowa's Anti-Immigrant SF 2340
A federal court has temporarily blocked Iowa's anti-immigrant SF 2340. The ruling is here: /cases/iowa-migrant-mov…r-justice-v-bird
The ruling stems from a la...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice v. Bird
Jun 17, 2024
Federal Court Partially Halts Oklahoma’s Classroom Censorship Law
OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal court granted a partial preliminary injunction that will blunt the impact of Oklahoma’s classroom censorship law, HB 1775, which sought to severely re...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Racial Justice
Court case: Black Emergency Response Team v. O'Connor
Jun 14, 2024
Florida Educators Urge Appeals Court to Block Florida’s Stop W.O.K.E. Act
MIAMI — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will hear arguments today in Pernell v. Lamb, a lawsuit challenging the Stop W.O.K.E. Act, a classroom censorship law which...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Racial Justice
Court case: Pernell v. Lamb
Jun 13, 2024
In Narrow Ruling, Supreme Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging Speech-Related Retaliatory Arrest
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling today in Gonzalez v. Trevino, rejecting a court of appeals’ overly restrictive rule for what individuals must show to sue ...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Gonzalez v. Trevino
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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.