Press Releases
Jun 18, 2026
Federal Court Allows Challenge to Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Voting to Proceed with Respect to the Midterm Elections
BOSTON – A federal court today ruled that nonpartisan voting rights groups could continue with their legal challenge to President Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in vo...
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Voting Rights
Jun 18, 2026
Court to Hear Arguments in Lawsuit Demanding Trump Admin Publicly Release Legal Rationale for Illegal Boat Strikes
With at least 210 people killed, ACLU, NYCLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights are asking the court to order the Trump administration to release the legal memo justifying this deadly bombing campaign
Issue Areas:
National Security
Jun 18, 2026
NFPRHA, FHCCP, and ACLU Sue Trump Administration to Protect Integrity of Title X Family Planning Program
The administration’s FY 2027 Title X funding announcement is designed to enable the federal government to push highly qualified health care providers out of the program based solely on lack of “alignment” with the Trump administration’s political priorities.
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Jun 18, 2026
Supreme Court Rejects Prosecution of Gun Owner Who Uses Marijuana
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held today in US v. Hemani that the government cannot prosecute someone as a felon simply for using marijuana and owning a gun tha...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Court case: US v. Hemani
Jun 16, 2026
Judge Blocks Idaho Law Criminalizing Transgender People’s Bathroom Access
BOISE – A federal judge today granted a request for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of H.B. 752, a new state law threatening transgender people with up to five year...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 15, 2026
Florida School District Unlawfully Fires Intersex Public School Teacher
In a new EEOC filing, former St. Johns County School District teacher Shepard Scalf charges the district with violating the Civil Rights Act’s prohibition on sex discrimination
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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News & CommentaryJun 2026
Privacy & Technology
National Security
The Downsides Of "deterrence". Explore News & Commentary.The Downsides of "Deterrence"
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News & CommentaryJun 2026
Privacy & Technology
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Trump Administration Hijacks Police Grants To Leverage Local Police For Its Authoritarian Ends. Explore News & Commentary.Trump Administration Hijacks Police Grants to Leverage Local Police For Its Authoritarian Ends
We’ve already seen what that looks like in places like Memphis; New “Model Cities Initiative” would spread it to other cities -
Court CaseJun 2026
LGBTQ Rights
Coe V. Blanche. Explore Case.Coe v. Blanche
Three New York families with adolescent transgender children and two transgender New Yorkers filed a class action lawsuit to protect patient identifying and sensitive health information from being turned over to the Department of Justice in response to federal grand jury subpoenas issued as part of a widespread effort to "end” necessary health care for transgender adolescents. -
News & CommentaryJun 2026
Immigrants' Rights
Hundreds At Delaney Hall Join Detained People Across Country In Hunger Strike Against Inhumane Conditions. Explore News & Commentary.Hundreds at Delaney Hall Join Detained People Across Country in Hunger Strike Against Inhumane Conditions
Hundreds of people at an immigration facility in New Jersey protested spoiled food, medical neglect, and other inhumane conditions. They were joined by people detained in horrific conditions across the country.