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Aug 15, 2021

Nine Years After DACA Went Into Effect, Congress On The Verge Of Passing A Path To Citizenship

Thanks to DACA, undocumented people who came to the United States as children could receive temporary protection from deportation that allows them to live, work, go to school, and provide for their loved...

Thanks to DACA, undocumented people who came to the United States as children could receive temporary protection from deportation that allows them to live, work, go to school, and provide for their loved...

Aug 13, 2021

Church or Jail? Federal Court Delivers Qualified Immunity Win For Religious Freedom

Go to church or go to jail. That’s the unfathomable choice that a parole officer gave our client, Mark Janny, after he was released from a Colorado prison in 2014.

Go to church or go to jail. That’s the unfathomable choice that a parole officer gave our client, Mark Janny, after he was released from a Colorado prison in 2014.

"Equal Justice Under Law" engraving above entrance to US Supreme Court Building.
"Equal Justice Under Law" engraving above entrance to US Supreme Court Building.
Jul 1, 2021

Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision Narrows Another Path to Challenge Discriminatory Voting Laws

Voting Rights

Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to protect the right to vote for all.

Congress must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to protect the right to vote for all.

Jun 29, 2021

Cruelty and Coercion: How ICE Abuses Hunger Strikers

A new report from the ACLU and Physicians for Human Rights details ICE’s abuse and retaliation against people who initiate hunger strikes in immigration detention.

A new report from the ACLU and Physicians for Human Rights details ICE’s abuse and retaliation against people who initiate hunger strikes in immigration detention.

Jun 25, 2021

Britney Spears’ Reproductive Freedom is a Disability Rights Issue

Health Equity

The pop star, who has lived under a conservatorship chiefly overseen by her father for 13 years, described grueling labor demands, constant surveillance, being cut off from friends, and being confined...

The pop star, who has lived under a conservatorship chiefly overseen by her father for 13 years, described grueling labor demands, constant surveillance, being cut off from friends, and being confined...

Jun 17, 2021

Supreme Court Again Rejects a License to Discriminate

In case involving same-sex couples and a foster care agency with a government contract, SCOTUS declines to create constitutional license to discriminate, ruling that the city of Philadelphia violated the...

In case involving same-sex couples and a foster care agency with a government contract, SCOTUS declines to create constitutional license to discriminate, ruling that the city of Philadelphia violated the...