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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2022
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Reproductive Freedom

Dobbs v. Jackson Women鈥檚 Health Organization

The case concerns the constitutionality of a Mississippi law prohibiting abortions after the fifteenth week of pregnancy. The state used the case as a vehicle to ask the Supreme Court to take away the federal constitutional right to abortion it first recognized 50 years before in Roe v. Wade. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States accepted the state鈥檚 invitation and overturned Roe eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion.
Dobbs V. Jackson Women鈥檚 Health Organization. Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
FBI v. Fazaga Plaintiffs

Privacy & Technology

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FBI v. Fazaga

In a case scheduled to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on November 8, 2021, three Muslim Americans are challenging the FBI鈥檚 secret spying on them and their communities based on their religion, in violation of the Constitution and federal law. In what will likely be a landmark case, the plaintiffs 鈥 Yassir Fazaga, Ali Uddin Malik, and Yasser Abdelrahim 鈥 insist that the FBI cannot escape accountability for violating their religious freedom by invoking 鈥渟tate secrets.鈥 The plaintiffs are represented by the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, the 桃子视频of Southern California, the 桃子视频, the Council for American Islamic Relations, and the law firm of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
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Reproductive Freedom

Cameron v. EMW Women鈥檚 Surgical Center

In 2018, the 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Kentucky filed a suit on behalf of Kentucky abortion providers and their patients challenging a state law banning physicians from providing a safe and medically proven abortion method called dilation and evacuation, or 鈥淒&E.鈥 If it were to take effect, this law would prevent many patients from being able to obtain an abortion altogether. After two courts held that the law is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled in March 2022 that Kentucky Attorney General Cameron can continue his pursuit to push abortion out of reach by intervening in the underlying challenge to an abortion ban, which is proceeding in a lower court.
Cameron V. Emw Women鈥檚 Surgical Center. Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2022
Garland v. Gonzalez

Immigrants' Rights

Garland v. Gonzalez

Whether the Immigration and Nationality Act requires a bond hearing for immigrants subject to prolonged detention while seeking protection in the U.S. from persecution or torture.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2021
Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson

Reproductive Freedom

Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson

The 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of Texas, and coalition partners filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers and funds on July 13, 2021, challenging S.B. 8, a Texas law allowing private citizens to enforce a ban on abortion as early as six weeks in pregnancy鈥攂efore many know they are pregnant. The ACLU鈥檚 challenge made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court three times in as many months. After hearing oral arguments in the case, the Court issued a decision on December 10, 2021, that ended the most promising pathways to blocking the ban. The Supreme Court鈥檚 decision makes it more difficult to obtain adequate relief from the courts and gives states the green light to ban abortion using bounty-hunting schemes. Texas鈥 abortion ban will remain in effect until relief can be secured from a court.
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25 Supreme Court Cases during the 2021 Term

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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2021

LGBTQ Rights

Religious Liberty

Dignity Health v. Minton

Evan Minton was turned away from a Dignity Health hospital because he is transgender. He filed a lawsuit against a Dignity Health medical center for withholding medical care because of a patient's gender identity, amounting to sex discrimination in violation of California's Unruh Civil Rights Act.
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Dignity Health V. Minton. Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2021
Photo of Evan Minton sitting on a couch in an office.

LGBTQ Rights

Religious Liberty

Dignity Health v. Minton

Evan Minton was turned away from a Dignity Health hospital because he is transgender. He filed a lawsuit against a Dignity Health medical center for withholding medical care because of a patient's gender identity, amounting to sex discrimination in violation of California's Unruh Civil Rights Act.
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Does v. Mills
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021

Religious Liberty

Does v. Mills

Whether a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for Maine healthcare workers is unconstitutional because it does not include a religious exemption.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021
Does v. Mills

Religious Liberty

Does v. Mills

Whether a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for Maine healthcare workers is unconstitutional because it does not include a religious exemption.
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Trans Flag
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021

LGBTQ Rights

Keohane v. Inch

The 桃子视频 (ACLU), the 桃子视频 of Florida, and DLA Piper LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections鈥 (DOC) denial of medically necessary care for Reiyn Keohane, a transgender woman currently detained in a men鈥檚 prison.
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Keohane V. Inch. Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021
Trans Flag

LGBTQ Rights

Keohane v. Inch

The 桃子视频 (ACLU), the 桃子视频 of Florida, and DLA Piper LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections鈥 (DOC) denial of medically necessary care for Reiyn Keohane, a transgender woman currently detained in a men鈥檚 prison.
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Center for Investigative Reporting v. SEPTA
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021

Free Speech

Racial Justice

Center for Investigative Reporting v. SEPTA

In this case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the Philadelphia metropolitan transit system鈥檚 ban on 鈥減olitical鈥 and public issue advertisements violated the First Amendment because the policy could not be applied in a logical, consistent manner.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021
Center for Investigative Reporting v. SEPTA

Free Speech

Racial Justice

Center for Investigative Reporting v. SEPTA

In this case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the Philadelphia metropolitan transit system鈥檚 ban on 鈥減olitical鈥 and public issue advertisements violated the First Amendment because the policy could not be applied in a logical, consistent manner.
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Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Rutledge, et al.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2021

Reproductive Freedom

Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Rutledge, et al.

In 2019, the 桃子视频 filed a lawsuit challenging three Arkansas laws that sought to severely restrict abortion rights in the state. These laws would ban abortion care starting at 18 weeks of pregnancy, ban abortion based on the woman鈥檚 reason for her decision, and prohibit qualified physicians from continuing to safely provide abortion care for no conceivable health or medical purpose, thereby imposing an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion care in the state. In 2019, we successfully obtained a preliminary injunction, blocking these laws from taking effect. In January of 2021 the Eighth Circuit affirmed the preliminary injunction of the 18-week ban and ban based on a patient鈥檚 reason for seeking care.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2021
Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Rutledge, et al.

Reproductive Freedom

Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al., v. Rutledge, et al.

In 2019, the 桃子视频 filed a lawsuit challenging three Arkansas laws that sought to severely restrict abortion rights in the state. These laws would ban abortion care starting at 18 weeks of pregnancy, ban abortion based on the woman鈥檚 reason for her decision, and prohibit qualified physicians from continuing to safely provide abortion care for no conceivable health or medical purpose, thereby imposing an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion care in the state. In 2019, we successfully obtained a preliminary injunction, blocking these laws from taking effect. In January of 2021 the Eighth Circuit affirmed the preliminary injunction of the 18-week ban and ban based on a patient鈥檚 reason for seeking care.
Little Rock Family Planning Services, Et Al., V. Rutledge, Et Al.. Explore Case.
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How Do Terms Work?

Between October and late June or early July the Supreme Court is 鈥渋n session,鈥 meaning it hears oral arguments, issues written decisions, and decides whether to take additional cases.

Submitting petitions

Our legal team at the 桃子视频files a cert petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, a type of petition that usually argues that a lower court has incorrectly decided an important question of law that violates civil rights and should be fixed to prevent similar confusion in similar cases.

term starts

U.S. Supreme Court decides to take a case

On average, the Court considers about 7,000 鈥 8,000 petitions each term and accepts about 80 for oral argument.

Oral arguments

This is the period where the U.S. Supreme Court listens to our case in court.

U.S. Supreme Court makes final decisions

While the U.S. Supreme Court makes decisions throughout the term, many are released right before the term ends. If a decision doesn't go in our favor, we fight back!