Press Releases
Jun 18, 2026
Supreme Court Rejects Prosecution of Gun Owner Who Uses Marijuana
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held today in US v. Hemani that the government cannot prosecute someone as a felon simply for using marijuana and owning a gun tha...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Court case: US v. Hemani
Jun 16, 2026
Judge Blocks Idaho Law Criminalizing Transgender People’s Bathroom Access
BOISE – A federal judge today granted a request for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of H.B. 752, a new state law threatening transgender people with up to five year...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 15, 2026
Florida School District Unlawfully Fires Intersex Public School Teacher
In a new EEOC filing, former St. Johns County School District teacher Shepard Scalf charges the district with violating the Civil Rights Act’s prohibition on sex discrimination
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 11, 2026
Planned Parenthood Sues to Expand Abortion Access in Alaska
Lawsuit challenges Alaska’s unconstitutional telehealth abortion ban
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 11, 2026
ACLU Endorses Bipartisan JAWBONE Act To Protect Free Speech
The federal bill would prevent the government from coercing private parties into suppressing speech
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Jun 10, 2026
Mohsen Mahdawi Appeals Retaliatory Ruling from Board of Immigration Appeals to Federal Appeals Court
Following the Board of Immigration Appeals decision, an immigration judge issued a removal order against Mahdawi based solely on his First Amendment protected speech
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Mahdawi v. Trump
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PennsylvaniaJun 2026
Reproductive Freedom
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association Et Al. V. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Et Al.. Explore Case.National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. et al.
The National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) and its member, the Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania (FHCCP), sued the Trump administration to protect the integrity of the Title X family planning program. Title X is the country’s only dedicated federal program for family planning services. For more than 55 years, the program has provided access to effective contraceptive methods, cancer screenings, testing and treatment for STIs, and other preventive services, with priority given to patients with low incomes. -
News & CommentaryJun 2026
Privacy & Technology
National Security
The Downsides Of "deterrence". Explore News & Commentary.The Downsides of "Deterrence"
Surveillance Boosters Tout the Benefits of Deterrence, But There’s a Big Problem With That -
News & CommentaryJun 2026
Privacy & Technology
+3 Issues
Trump Administration Hijacks Police Grants To Leverage Local Police For Its Authoritarian Ends. Explore News & Commentary.Trump Administration Hijacks Police Grants to Leverage Local Police For Its Authoritarian Ends
We’ve already seen what that looks like in places like Memphis; New “Model Cities Initiative” would spread it to other cities -
Court CaseJun 2026
LGBTQ Rights
Coe V. Blanche. Explore Case.Coe v. Blanche
Three New York families with adolescent transgender children and two transgender New Yorkers filed a class action lawsuit to protect patient identifying and sensitive health information from being turned over to the Department of Justice in response to federal grand jury subpoenas issued as part of a widespread effort to "end” necessary health care for transgender adolescents.