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Jul 15, 2025
South Carolina Protester Brittany Martin Appeals Her Conviction to U.S. Supreme Court
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina woman who received a 4-year prison sentence for participating in a Black Lives Matter protest during the summer of 2020 is asking the U.S. Supre...
Jul 10, 2025
Plaintiffs in Head Start Case Vow to Challenge New HHS Rule Seeking to Block Some Immigrant Families from Accessing Early Childhood Education
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a press release announcing a notice of interpretation of a nearly 30-year-old law to restrict ac...
Issue Areas: Women's Rights
Court case: Washington State Association of Head Start and Early Childhood Assistance and Education Program et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy et al.
Jul 10, 2025
Texas Social Media Law Violates First Amendment, ACLU Argues
The law would limit minors’ access to content deemed harmful by the government
Issue Areas: Free Speech Privacy & Technology
Court case: CCIA v. Paxton
Jul 10, 2025
Federal Court Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship Order, Certifies Nationwide Class Protecting All Impacted Babies
CONCORD, N.H. — A federal court in New Hampshire today blocked President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship and certified a nationwide class that protec...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Barbara v. Donald J. Trump
Jul 09, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil Seeks to Challenge Government’s Retaliatory, Post-Facto Charges Against Him in Federal Court
The preliminary injunction motion argues that the government’s post-hoc charge against Mr. Khalil was retaliatory and violates the First Amendment
Issue Areas: Free Speech Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Khalil v. Trump
Jul 09, 2025
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Florida’s Request to Enforce Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Law
The Supreme Court maintained a lower court’s block of Florida’s discriminatory law targeting immigrants for arrest and detention, further extending an unbroken string of defeats for this type of law
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: FLORIDA IMMIGRANT COALITION v. UTHMEIER
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