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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.
Barbara V. Donald J. Trump. Explore Case.
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.
League Of Women Voters Education Fund V. Trump. Explore Case.
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.
State Board Of Election Commissioners V. Mississippi State Conference Of The Naacp. Explore Case.
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.
Louisiana V. Callais (callais V. Landry). Explore Case.
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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1,683 Court Cases

McDonough v. Smith
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2019

Criminal Law Reform

Smart Justice

McDonough v. Smith

When must a person file a Section 1983 civil rights case based on fabrication of evidence in a criminal proceeding?
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2019
McDonough v. Smith

Criminal Law Reform

Smart Justice

McDonough v. Smith

When must a person file a Section 1983 civil rights case based on fabrication of evidence in a criminal proceeding?
Mcdonough V. Smith. Explore Case.
A demonstrator at the March On for Voting Rights in Washington D.C. holds up a sign reading "Suppression and Gerrymandering are Not Democracy".
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2019

Voting Rights

Rucho v. Common Cause/Benisek v. Lamone (Amicus)

Whether partisan gerrymandering claims are justiciable and whether the plaintiffs in North Carolina and Maryland established that the legislatures had impermissibly sought to benefit one party over the other, regardless of how voters voted.
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Rucho V. Common Cause/benisek V. Lamone (amicus). Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2019
A demonstrator at the March On for Voting Rights in Washington D.C. holds up a sign reading "Suppression and Gerrymandering are Not Democracy".

Voting Rights

Rucho v. Common Cause/Benisek v. Lamone (Amicus)

Whether partisan gerrymandering claims are justiciable and whether the plaintiffs in North Carolina and Maryland established that the legislatures had impermissibly sought to benefit one party over the other, regardless of how voters voted.
Rucho V. Common Cause/benisek V. Lamone (amicus). Explore Case.
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Virginia
Jun 2019

Racial Justice

Home of Virginia, Inc. V. Wisely Properties,Llc and Multifamily Management Services, Inc.

The 桃子视频and the 桃子视频of Virginia, along with Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of a Chesterfield County apartment complex for application policies that discriminate against black people. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME), explains how the blanket criminal record screening policy used at Sterling Glen Apartments is intended to keep African Americans from living there and disproportionately harms people of color.
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Virginia
Jun 2019
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Racial Justice

Home of Virginia, Inc. V. Wisely Properties,Llc and Multifamily Management Services, Inc.

The 桃子视频and the 桃子视频of Virginia, along with Relman, Dane & Colfax, PLLC, a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights law firm, filed a federal lawsuit against the owner of a Chesterfield County apartment complex for application policies that discriminate against black people. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, Inc. (HOME), explains how the blanket criminal record screening policy used at Sterling Glen Apartments is intended to keep African Americans from living there and disproportionately harms people of color.
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eviction
Court Case
May 2019

Women's Rights

Boston Housing Authority v. Y.A.

In December of 2018, 桃子视频Women鈥檚 Rights Project and the 桃子视频of Massachusetts filed an amicus brief at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court supporting a domestic violence survivor who asserted the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as a defense to her eviction for nonpayment of rent that directly resulted from physical, emotional, and economic abuse. VAWA prohibits covered housing providers, like Boston Housing Authority, from evicting or otherwise discriminating against survivors of domestic violence for reasons caused by their abuse.
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Court Case
May 2019
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Women's Rights

Boston Housing Authority v. Y.A.

In December of 2018, 桃子视频Women鈥檚 Rights Project and the 桃子视频of Massachusetts filed an amicus brief at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court supporting a domestic violence survivor who asserted the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as a defense to her eviction for nonpayment of rent that directly resulted from physical, emotional, and economic abuse. VAWA prohibits covered housing providers, like Boston Housing Authority, from evicting or otherwise discriminating against survivors of domestic violence for reasons caused by their abuse.
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Court Case
May 2019

Free Speech

+2 桃子视频

Sandvig v. Barr 鈥 Challenge to CFAA Prohibition on Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online

The 桃子视频has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it a federal crime to access a computer in a manner that 鈥渆xceeds authorized access.鈥 This provision of the law often prohibits and chills academics, researchers, and journalists from testing for discrimination on the internet. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2016. The plaintiffs are academic researchers, computer scientists, and journalists who wish to investigate companies鈥 online practices through standard academic and journalistic techniques, but are limited by the terms of service of target websites.
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Sandvig V. Barr 鈥 Challenge To Cfaa Prohibition On Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online. Explore Case.
Court Case
May 2019
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Free Speech

+2 桃子视频

Sandvig v. Barr 鈥 Challenge to CFAA Prohibition on Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online

The 桃子视频has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it a federal crime to access a computer in a manner that 鈥渆xceeds authorized access.鈥 This provision of the law often prohibits and chills academics, researchers, and journalists from testing for discrimination on the internet. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in June 2016. The plaintiffs are academic researchers, computer scientists, and journalists who wish to investigate companies鈥 online practices through standard academic and journalistic techniques, but are limited by the terms of service of target websites.
Sandvig V. Barr 鈥 Challenge To Cfaa Prohibition On Uncovering Racial Discrimination Online. Explore Case.
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