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Feb 06, 2025
New Report Finds Nevada’s Lithium Mine Permit Violates Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
HRW and ACLU Outline How Mine Was Permitted Without Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Issue Areas: Racial Justice Human Rights
Feb 04, 2025
Families and Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Order Seeking to Restrict Access to Gender-Affirming Care
WASHINGTON – Transgender young adults and families with transgender youth joined PFLAG National and GLMA in a federal legal challenge against an executive order from the Trump ad...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Feb 03, 2025
Immigrants’ Rights Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Efforts to Completely Shut Down Asylum at the Border
WASHINGTON — Immigrants’ rights advocates sued the Trump administration today over the president’s recent proclamation aimed at completely shutting down asylum at the border,...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services v. Kristi Noem
Feb 03, 2025
ACLU Urges Court to Order Government to Release Records on Fusion Center and Joint Terrorism Task Force Surveillance
Just days ago, Trump ordered JTTFs to help with immigration enforcement in the U.S.
Issue Areas: National Security Free Speech
Court case: ACLU v. DOJ – FOIA Lawsuit Seeking Records About the Use of JTTFs and Fusion Centers to Target Protesters and Communities of Color
Jan 30, 2025
ACLU Urges Utah Supreme Court to Allow People on Death Row to Challenge Execution Methods
SALT LAKE CITY — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Utah filed an amicus brief in the Utah Supreme Court today urging the court to uphold the Utah Constitution’s pr...
Issue Areas: Capital Punishment
Court case: Menzies v. Utah Department of Corrections
Jan 30, 2025
ACLU Urges Appeals Court to Uphold Ruling Protecting Expedited Citizenship for Military Service Members
WASHINGTON – Four years after a district court ruled that a Trump-era policy blocking military service members’ expedited path to citizenship was unlawful, the American Civil L...
Issue Areas: National Security Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Samma v. U.S. Department of Defense—Lawsuit Challenging Policy Denying U.S. Military Service Members Expedited Path to Citizenship
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