Press Releases
Apr 24, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Responds to President Biden’s Clemency Announcement
WASHINGTON — President Biden today announced that his administration will pardon 11 people and commute the sentences of five people who received unjustly long sentences during th...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Apr 24, 2024
Supreme Court to Determine Whether Politicians Can Deny Emergency Medical Care to Pregnant People
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral argument later today in Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States, a case brought by extreme politicians seeking to disregard a feder...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States
Apr 23, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Statement on Congress’ Latest Attempt to Ban TikTok and Restrict Free Speech Online
WASHINGTON — Over the weekend, the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, which includes extremely concerning provisions that would function...
Court case: TikTok Inc., et al. v. Garland (Amicus)
Apr 22, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Responds to California Supreme Court Ruling on Minimum Wage for Incarcerated Workers
OAKLAND, Calif. — The California Supreme Court ruled today that the state’s minimum wage law does not apply to people working for private companies while they are held in pretr...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Apr 22, 2024
As Supreme Court Hears Grants Pass v. Johnson, ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Reiterates Call to Uphold Eighth Amendment Protections
Hundreds of Advocates Expected to Rally Outside of the Court
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Disability Rights
Court case: City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
Apr 19, 2024
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Comment on U.S. Department of Education’s Final Title IX Rule
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education issued a final rule today governing schools’ obligations to guarantee that all students, including survivors of sexual harassment,...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Women's Rights
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News & CommentaryJul 2025
LGBTQ Rights
Court Strikes Down Nih's Unlawful Termination Of Research Grants On Topics Including Dei And Gender Identity. Explore News & Commentary.Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity
In a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive Health reflects on the harm done — and why this research matters. -
Court CaseJul 2025
Immigrants' Rights
Nyynkpao Banyee V. Pamela Bondi, Et Al. Explore Case.Nyynkpao Banyee v. Pamela Bondi, et al
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FloridaJul 2025
Immigrants' Rights
C.m. V. Noem. Explore Case.C.M. v. Noem
Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration over lack of access to legal counsel and violations of due process for people detained at Florida’s new, notorious Everglades immigration center, a hastily constructed facility on an abandoned airstrip in the middle of the wetlands in Ochopee. -
News & CommentaryJul 2025
Free Speech
60 Years Later: How A Civil Rights-era Defamation Case Empowers The Press. Explore News & Commentary.60 Years Later: How a Civil Rights-Era Defamation Case Empowers the Press
From civil rights protests to Trump-era lawsuits, New York Times v. Sullivan continues to shape press freedom