Press Releases
Jan 30, 2024
Appeals Court Sides With Idaho Families and Transgender Youth
SAN FRANCISCO – In a victory for families and transgender youth, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to stay a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking enforcem...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Poe v. Labrador
Jan 30, 2024
Muslim Americans Appeal to Ninth Circuit Over Illegal Religious Questioning by Border Officers
LOS ANGELES — Three Muslim Americans filed their opening appeal brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, challenging unconstitutional religious question...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Religious Liberty
Court case: Kariye v Mayorkas
Jan 30, 2024
Transgender Youth Medical Care Ban Subject of Oral Argument in the Supreme Court of Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Legal advocates representing transgender adolescents, their parents, and medical providers argued before the Texas Supreme Court today, asking the court to affirm...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Loe v. Texas
Jan 30, 2024
Federal Appeals Court Won’t Review Radical Arkansas Redistricting Ruling
High-stakes case involves challenge to radical ruling that rejected decades of precedent that protected voters under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Plaintiffs exploring next legal steps.
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: NAACP v. Arkansas Board of Apportionment
Jan 30, 2024
ACLU Calls Out Junk Science at the Heart of the Supreme Court Medication Abortion Case
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court today in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case that could have serious eff...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jan 29, 2024
ACLU and ACLU of NJ File Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Challenge to Wrongful Arrest due to Face Recognition Tech
Parks v. McCormac could be the first case in the country to generate a decision addressing critical questions about police misuse of face recognition technology
Issue Areas:
Privacy & Technology
Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Parks v. McCormac
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