Press Releases
Oct 20, 2023
Statement on Oklahoma Attorney General’s Lawsuit Regarding St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School
OKLAHOMA CITY — Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, Education Law Center and Freedom From Religion Foundation – the organiz...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Oct 18, 2023
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û-MN RESPONDS TO JUDGE’S RULING THAT WOULD RESTRICT VOTING RIGHTS
A Mille Lacs County district judge recently ruled that the state’s Restore the Vote law is unconstitutional. The law was passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the gove...
Oct 18, 2023
United Nations Human Rights Body Holds United States Accountable For Violations of Civil and Political Rights Treaty
GENEVA — For the first time in nine years, the United Nations Human Rights Committee this week reviewed U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rig...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Oct 16, 2023
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Announces Major Settlement in Family Separation Lawsuit
NEW YORK — A major settlement was announced today by the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û involving its years-long lawsuit on behalf of thousands of traumatized children and parent...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Ms. L v. ICE
Oct 16, 2023
ICYMI: Leading Medical and Legal Experts Ask Supreme Court to Review Dangerous Medication Abortion Ruling
WASHINGTON – Leading medical and legal experts submitted amicus briefs last week in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine outlining the need for the Supreme Court to review an...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Oct 13, 2023
Texas Senate Passage of S.B. 11 and S.B. 4 Poses Dangerous Threats to Immigrants’ Rights
AUSTIN, Texas — The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û and the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Texas condemn the Texas Senate’s passage of two extremist anti-immigrant bills that would have grave conseque...
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
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