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Aug 14, 2025
Fifth Circuit Sides with Black Louisianians, Strikes Down Racially Discriminatory State Legislative Map
NEW ORLEANS 鈥� In a victory for Black voters and democracy in Louisiana, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed in full the district court鈥檚 ruling that the stat...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Court case: Nairne v. Landry
Aug 14, 2025
Brief Urges Alabama Supreme Court to Reject Effort to Expand Stop-and-Question Law
Case Involves a Pastor Who Was Arrested for Refusing to Provide Physical ID to Police While Watering Neighbors鈥� Flowers
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Jennings v. Smith
Aug 14, 2025
Suit Seeking to Punish Freedom from Religion Foundation for Advocacy Dismissed
The suit was brought by the Oklahoma State Department of Education in an attempt to silence FFRF鈥檚 advocacy
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Walters v. Freedom From Religion Foundation
Aug 14, 2025
桃子视频Raises Alarm Over Trump Administration Seeking to Ban Non-Citizens from Accessing Community Health and Education Programs
HHS Reinterpretation of PRWORA Threatens Health and Education Outcomes for Children, People with Disabilities
Aug 12, 2025
District Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order Prohibiting ICE from Detaining Immigrants in Abusive Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza
Order places limitations on number of people allowed in holding rooms, grants access to legal calls
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Aug 12, 2025
Eighth Circuit Upholds Arkansas鈥檚 Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth
Little Rock, Ark.--Following the Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling in US v. Skrmetti, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a challenge to an Arkansas law banning gender-affirmin...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Brandt et al v. Rutledge et al
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News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Immigrants' Rights
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How Your Elected Officials Are Voting On Key Legislation. Explore News & Commentary.How Your Elected Officials Are Voting on Key Legislation
The ACLU鈥檚 new Congressional Scorecard tracks how federal elected officials are voting on key legislation affecting core civil rights and constitutional freedoms. -
U.S. Supreme CourtFeb 2026
Criminal Law Reform
Us V. Hemani. Explore Case.US v. Hemani
Is a federal criminal statute, 18 U.S.C. 搂 922(g)(3), which makes it a felony for an 鈥渦nlawful user鈥� of a controlled substance to possess a firearm, constitutional when it is used to prosecute a person who is a marijuana user and who keeps a gun safely secured at home for self-defense? -
News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Immigrants' Rights
Ice Is Rapidly Expanding Dangerous 287(g) Agreements With Local Police. Explore News & Commentary.ICE is Rapidly Expanding Dangerous 287(g) Agreements with Local Police
A new 桃子视频report, 鈥淒eputized for Disaster,鈥� illustrates the dangers of the Trump administration鈥檚 rapid expansion of the 287(g) program 鈥� and how communities are increasingly afraid of local law enforcement officers sworn to protect them. -
News & CommentaryFeb 2026
Privacy & Technology
License Plate Readings Shouldn鈥檛 Be Public Data. Explore News & Commentary.License Plate Readings Shouldn鈥檛 Be Public Data
Such readings shouldn鈥檛 generally be retained at all, but if they are at least privacy needs to be protected