Press Releases
Jun 05, 2025
U.S. District Court Temporarily Blocks Oklahoma’s Unconstitutional Immigration Law
The law would threaten some noncitizens with arrest and expel them from Oklahoma, despite a federal right to remain in the United States
Jun 04, 2025
Federal Court Finds Alien Enemies Act Removals Unlawful, Orders Access to Judicial Process for Venezuelans Sent to Notorious CECOT Prison in March
D.C. court’s order will allow men held incommunicado since March 15 to challenge their detention and removal
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: J.G.G. v. TRUMP
Jun 04, 2025
Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Unlawful Detention of Immigrants at Guantánamo BayÂ
WASHINGTON — Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration today over the detention of immigrants at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.
The federal lawsuit was filed by the ...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Luna Gutierrez v. Noem
Jun 03, 2025
Trump Administration Rescinds EMTALA Guidance and Sends Clear Signal: Emergency Abortion Care Remains At Risk
WASHINGTON — Today, the Trump administration rescinded guidance that reaffirmed hospitals’ obligation under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) to provide he...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 03, 2025
Federal Judge Temporarily Enjoins Federal Prison Officials from Withholding Health Care From Incarcerated Trans People
WASHINGTON – A federal district court judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a Trump Administration executive order prohibiting federal Bureau of Pris...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Kingdom v. Trump
Jun 03, 2025
DHS Investigation Confirms Tent Facilities Used During President Trump’s First Term Were Unsafe
Findings come as Trump administration seeks to revive same tent facilities for mass deportation program
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' 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.