Press Releases
Jun 28, 2024
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Responds to Supreme Court Decision that Cities Can Punish People for Being Homeless
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled today that the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment does not prohibit cities from punishing unhoused people for sleepi...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Disability Rights
Court case: City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
Jun 27, 2024
Unconstitutional Letters Sent to Naturalized Citizens Amount to Voter IntimidationÂ
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today numerous advocacy organizations sent a demand letter to Tennessee Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins and Secretary of State Tre Hargett informing them t...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jun 27, 2024
Supreme Court Declines to Protect Pregnant People’s Right to Emergency Care
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court issued a ruling today in Idaho and Moyle v. United States, dismissing the case from the Supreme Court docket without a ruling on the merits, and se...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States
Jun 27, 2024
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Responds to President Biden’s Announcement Pardoning LGBTQ Service Members
WASHINGTON – President Biden announced this week that he will pardon LGBTQ former service members convicted under now-repealed military laws prohibiting consensual sex. This deci...
Jun 27, 2024
New Report: United States a Global Outlier in Denying Voting Rights Due to Criminal Convictions
WASHINGTON — The Sentencing Project, Human Rights Watch, and the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û today released a new report, “Out of Step: U.S. Policy on Voting Rights in Globa...
Issue Areas:
Voting Rights
Jun 26, 2024
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Leaked Supreme Court Decision in Emergency Abortion Case
WASHINGTON – In response to the leaked opinion in Moyle v. United States, Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, deputy director of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Reproductive Freedom Project, released the following st...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States
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