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Missouri
Feb 2026
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Voting Rights

Missouri v. U.S. Department of Commerce

A coalition of civil rights and immigrant-rights organizations has moved to intervene as defendants in a lawsuit that threatens to dismantle the Constitution鈥檚 long-standing requirement that the decennial census count all people living in the United States. Missouri asks the court to exclude undocumented immigrants and people living in the country on temporary visas from the census count used to determine congressional representation鈥攁n unprecedented move that would upend more than two centuries of constitutional practice.
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Mississippi
Dec 2025
Mississippi

Voting Rights

White v. Mississippi State Board of Elections

District lines used to elect Mississippi鈥檚 Supreme Court have gone unchanged for more than 35 years. We鈥檙e suing because the current lines crack the Mississippi Delta and dilute the voting strength of Black Mississippians in state Supreme Court elections, in violation of the Voting Rights Act.
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Court Case
Dec 2025
FOIA Case Seeking the Trump Administration鈥檚 Legal Justification for Deadly Boat Strikes

National Security

Human Rights

FOIA Case Seeking the Trump Administration鈥檚 Legal Justification for Deadly Boat Strikes

The Department of Justice鈥檚 Office of Legal Counsel (鈥淥LC鈥) authored a legal opinion that reportedly claims to justify the Trump administration鈥檚 illegal lethal strikes on civilians in boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. Media reports indicate that, in addition to claiming that the strikes are lawful acts in an alleged 鈥渁rmed conflict鈥 with unspecified drug cartels, the OLC opinion also purports to immunize personnel who authorized or took part in the strikes from future criminal prosecution. Because the public deserves to know how our government is justifying these illegal strikes, and why they think the people who carried them out should not be held accountable, the 桃子视频is seeking immediate release of the OLC legal opinion and related documents pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2025
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Immigrants' Rights

Barbara v. Donald J. Trump

President Trump is attempting to undermine the promise of birthright citizenship to children born on U.S. soil. But the 桃子视频and partners are fighting to protect the rights of citizens that are plainly stated in the Constitution, federal statute, and reaffirmed by the Supreme Court for more than a century. We鈥檙e arguing against the Trump administration in the Supreme Court and are confident we will win.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2025
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Voting Rights

Racial Justice

Allen v. Milligan

Whether Alabama鈥檚 congressional districts violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because they discriminate against Black voters. We succeeded in winning a new map for 2024 elections which, for the first time, has two congressional district that provide Black voters a fair opportunity to elect candidates of their choosing despite multiple attempts by Alabama to stop us at the Supreme Court. Despite this win, Alabama is still defending its discriminatory map, and a trial was held in February 2025 to determine the map for the rest of the decade. In May 2025, a federal court ruled that Alabama's 2023 congressional map both violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and was enacted by the Alabama Legislature with racially discriminatory intent.
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Washington, D.C.
Oct 2025
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Voting Rights

League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump

On March 25, 2025, in a sweeping and unprecedented Executive Order, President Trump attempted to usurp the power to regulate federal elections from Congress and the States. Among other things, the Executive Order directs the Election Assistance Commission鈥攁n agency that Congress specifically established to be bipartisan and independent鈥攖o require voters to show a passport or other citizenship documentation in order to register to vote in federal elections. If implemented, the Executive Order would threaten the ability of millions of eligible Americans to register and vote and upend the administration of federal elections. On behalf of leading voter registration organizations and advocacy organizations, the 桃子视频and co-counsel filed a lawsuit to block the Executive Order as an unconstitutional power grab.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2025
Mississippi

Voting Rights

State Board of Election Commissioners v. Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP

Mississippi has a growing Black population, which is already the largest Black population percentage of any state in the country. Yet. Black Mississippians continue to be significantly under-represented in the state legislature, as Mississippi鈥檚 latest districting maps fail to reflect the reality of the state鈥檚 changing demographics. During the 2022 redistricting process, the Mississippi legislature refused to create any new districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred representative. The current district lines therefore dilute the voting power of Black Mississippians and continue to deprive them of political representation that is responsive to their needs and concerns, including severe disparities in education and healthcare.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2025
Louisiana

Voting Rights

Louisiana v. Callais (Callais v. Landry)

Whether the congressional map Louisiana adopted to cure a Voting Rights Act violation in Robinson v. Ardoin is itself unlawful as a gerrymander.
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Missouri
Sep 2025
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Voting Rights

Wise v. Missouri

In unprecedented fashion, the State of Missouri has redrawn the district lines used for electing members of Congress for a second time this decade. These new district lines are gerrymandered and will harm political representation for all Missourians, particularly Black residents in Kansas City, who have been divided along racial lines.
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Weber v Grand Rapids
Michigan
Feb 2020

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Hightower v. City of Grand Rapids

The 桃子视频 of Michigan and the ACLU's Criminal Law Reform Project filed a federal lawsuit in May of 2013, on behalf of Plaintiffs Gilbert Weber and Tyrone Hightower, challenging the Grand Rapids Police Department's longstanding practice of arresting innocent people for criminal trespass on commercial property without warning and without the business owner's knowledge. Even where those arrested are patronizing the business in question, police justify these illegal arrests by pointing to form letters signed by business owners months or years prior to the arrest agreeing to prosecute trespassers.
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Michigan
Feb 2020
Weber v Grand Rapids

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Hightower v. City of Grand Rapids

The 桃子视频 of Michigan and the ACLU's Criminal Law Reform Project filed a federal lawsuit in May of 2013, on behalf of Plaintiffs Gilbert Weber and Tyrone Hightower, challenging the Grand Rapids Police Department's longstanding practice of arresting innocent people for criminal trespass on commercial property without warning and without the business owner's knowledge. Even where those arrested are patronizing the business in question, police justify these illegal arrests by pointing to form letters signed by business owners months or years prior to the arrest agreeing to prosecute trespassers.
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White, et al. v. Hesse, et al.
Oklahoma
Feb 2020

Criminal Law Reform

Smart Justice

White, et al. v. Hesse, et al.

In Oklahoma cash bail is being used keep poor people behind bars. In Canadian County, Oklahoma if you have the money, you get out of jail. If you are poor, you stay in. That鈥檚 why we sued.
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Oklahoma
Feb 2020
White, et al. v. Hesse, et al.

Criminal Law Reform

Smart Justice

White, et al. v. Hesse, et al.

In Oklahoma cash bail is being used keep poor people behind bars. In Canadian County, Oklahoma if you have the money, you get out of jail. If you are poor, you stay in. That鈥檚 why we sued.
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Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc., et al. v. Azar, et al.
Court Case
Feb 2020

Reproductive Freedom

Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc., et al. v. Azar, et al.

In December 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new rule that, if implemented, would force insurance companies that sell plans in the Affordable Care Act individual marketplaces to send two separate bills to customers 鈥 one for the coverage of abortion care, and another for coverage of other health care.
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Court Case
Feb 2020
Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc., et al. v. Azar, et al.

Reproductive Freedom

Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc., et al. v. Azar, et al.

In December 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a new rule that, if implemented, would force insurance companies that sell plans in the Affordable Care Act individual marketplaces to send two separate bills to customers 鈥 one for the coverage of abortion care, and another for coverage of other health care.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2020

Religious Liberty

Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel

Whether certain teachers at religious schools are covered by the 鈥渕inisterial exception,鈥 which gives religious institutions the constitutional authority to discriminate in the selection of faith leaders.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2020
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel

Religious Liberty

Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel

Whether certain teachers at religious schools are covered by the 鈥渕inisterial exception,鈥 which gives religious institutions the constitutional authority to discriminate in the selection of faith leaders.
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United States v. Sineneng-Smith
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2020

Free Speech

United States v. Sineneng-Smith

Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from making it a crime to 鈥渆ncourage or induce鈥 a non-citizen to enter or reside in the United States unlawfully.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2020
United States v. Sineneng-Smith

Free Speech

United States v. Sineneng-Smith

Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from making it a crime to 鈥渆ncourage or induce鈥 a non-citizen to enter or reside in the United States unlawfully.
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