Press Releases
Jan 10, 2017
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµTestimony From Sessions’ Confirmation Hearing
WASHINGTON — ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ National Legal Director David Cole will testify tomorrow at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing for attorney general. The full ...
Jan 10, 2017
Lifelong Civil Rights Activist Andrea Young Takes the Helm of the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Georgia
ATLANTA – Lifelong civil rights activist and Georgia native Andrea Young is the new executive director of the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ of Georgia, taking the helm of the st...
Jan 09, 2017
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµChallenges Kentucky’s New Abortion Ultrasound Law
Law Requires Doctors to Display and Narrate Ultrasound Images Over Patients’ Objections
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jan 09, 2017
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµActs to Block Court Order That Permits Discrimination Against Women, Transgender People Seeking Health Care
FORT WORTH, Texas — The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ today filed a motion to stay a nationwide court order preventing the federal government from enforcing an Affordable Care A...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Court case: Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell
Jan 07, 2017
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµLegal Director to Testify at Sessions’ Confirmation Hearing
WASHINGTON — The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ announced today that its new national legal director, David Cole, will testify at Sen. Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing for a...
Jan 04, 2017
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµReleases Analysis of Sessions’ Civil Liberties Record Ahead of Confirmation Hearings
WASHINGTON — The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ released a comprehensive analysis of Sen. Jeff Sessions’ record on civil liberties issues ahead of the January 10-11 confirmatio...
Issue Areas:
National Security
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