Press Releases
May 13, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Comment on HHS Rule Implementing Nondiscrimination Provision of the Affordable Care Act
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act that would, among other aspects, prohibit ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 13, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Comment on Education and Justice Department’s Title IX Guidance for Transgender Students
WASHINGTON — The Departments of Education and Justice today announced comprehensive guidance that requires schools to treat transgender students in accordance with their gender i...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
May 12, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û lawsuit reveals one in six Massachusetts drug convictions tainted by Dookhan scandal
BOSTON -- Prosecutors responding to ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û litigation have provided lists that, for the first time, identify more than 24,000 drug cases worked on by convicted chemist Annie Dookhan,...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
May 11, 2016
Remembering Michael Ratner
Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, remembers human rights lawyer and activist Michael Ratner, who passed away today:
"To understand Micha...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
National Security
May 11, 2016
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Statement on Federal Probe of Gender Discrimination in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES — A year ago, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Southern California and the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Women’s Rights Project asked the federal and California governments to investigate blatant and rampant di...
Issue Areas:
Women's Rights
May 10, 2016
Court Reforms in Birmingham Will Reduce Jail Time for Poor Defendants, Require Counsel at Bail Hearings
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Circuit Court, 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, released an historic administrative order that will drastically change the courts’ treatment of defendan...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
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