Mar 27, 2024
Voting Rights Groups Respond to Federal Court Decision Allowing Pa. Counties to Reject Some Mail Ballots
Ballots With Incorrect or Missing Handwritten Date on Outer Envelope can be Rejected Under Today’s Ruling
Issue Areas: Voting Rights
Mar 27, 2024
Montana Supreme Court Strikes Down Voting Laws Intended to Disenfranchise Indigenous Voters
HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court today ruled in favor of a collection of Native American organizations and tribes, holding that two state laws that hinder Native America...
Issue Areas: Voting Rights
Mar 27, 2024
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Blocks Extreme Texas Anti-Immigrant Law From Going Into Effect
Decision prevents law from being enforced while court considers its legality
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Mar 26, 2024
Ohio Families File Lawsuit Challenging Ban on Gender-Affirming Healthcare for Transgender Youth
COLUMBUS- Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio, and the global law firm Goodwin filed a lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional enactment of House Bill 68, ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Mar 26, 2024
Supreme Court Could Impose Nationwide Restrictions on Abortion
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral argument later today in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, which could have serious effects on people’s ability to access a...
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom
Mar 25, 2024
Federal Judge Dismisses Elon Musk’s X Lawsuit Against Nonprofit Researchers
In a win for free speech, a California district court dismissed X’s efforts to target the Center for Countering Digital Hate for highlighting the social network’s flaws.
Issue Areas: Free Speech
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