The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the Motion Friday with the State of New York and other Groups seeking to Block the Citizenship Question from being Added to the 2020 Census… Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is ramping up efforts to obtain Records of the Trump Administration's reported Purchase of Cellphone Data to Track Locations of Immigrants.
The AC… Read More
A Coalition of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and more than a Hundred Law Enforcement Professionals are joining together in calling on the Biden Administration to End Immigration… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alaska: The Alaska Legislature is considering an unusually large number of proposals to change the state’s election system. Eight different ideas, two from Gov. Mi… Read More
President Biden's Discretionary Funding request for Fiscal 2022 Stopped All Funding for a Border Wall, including Unused Funds previously Allocated to the Project.
The Request's Immigration… Read More
BE THE MAN, says an Advertisment for the Selective Service System. The Request is Not merely a Suggestion.
For Decades, Registering for the Selective Service, the Federal Agency that keeps… Read More
The ACLU and other Groups asked the Supreme Court, on Monday, to consider whether a Special Court that Reviews Government Requests for Electronic Surveillance for Foreign Intelligence purpos… Read More
The Case against Warrantless Device Searches at the Border might soon face a Crucial Test.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have asked… Read More
A Nonprofit Group, Building Back Together founded by, Allies of President Joe Biden, is launching a Voting Rights Initiative, the Latest sign that the White House views the Issue as a Key Pa… Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has called on, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, to Shut-Down Dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Facil… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: The Senate Rules Committee deadlocked over Democrats’ sweeping proposed elections overhaul, setting the stage for a showdown on the Senate flo… Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Native American Rights Fund, filed a Lawsuit, on Monday, Challenging Two New Election Laws, in Montana, as Unconstitutional Infringements on… Read More
As part of Negotiations in a Federal Court Case, the Biden Administration has agreed to Allow up to 7,750 Asylum-Seekers Stranded in Mexico to enter the U.S. each Month, 250 per day, the Top… Read More
The Biden Administration has decided to Close Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Centers, in Georgia and Massachusetts, amid Allegations of Abusive Treatment of Immigrants… Read More
The Biden Administration, on Tuesday, formally nixed the "Remain in Mexico" Program, the Latest in a Series of moves to Dismantle the Trump Administration's Restrictive Immigration Policies… Read More
The Battle Lines have been drawn in the Voting Rights Wars as several Republican-led States consider ever Restrictive Laws and Democrats Fight a frantic Battle in Courts to Combat what Presi… Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), on Wednesday, filed a Lawsuit, against the Biden Administration seeking to Block the long-distance Transfer of Illegal Immigrants detained by Immig… Read More
A Federal Judge, on Friday, Blocked a Tennessee Law that Required Business Owners to Post Signs Outside Gendered Bathrooms if the Business allowed People to use them According to their Gende… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: A bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to increase the number of U.S. service members who exercise their right to vote — especially those… Read More
A Texas Federal Judge, ruled Friday, that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), a Policy that lets Undocumented Immigrants, who were brought into the U.S. as Minors, can… Read More
President Biden took a Major step toward Restoring Net Neutrality, on July 9th, with a Set of Rules preventing Internet Service Providers (ISP) from selectively Blocking or Slowing Down Web… Read More
The Latest Indication of Tensions, bubbling up between, the Administration and some of its Allies over Immigration Policy, as Border Authorities continue to Rely on a Public Health Order, Ti… Read More
After months of waiting, the Biden Administration has Hired, a former Obama Official, to help take apart the Restrictive Immgration Policies developed under Trump.
Lucas Guttentag, will se… Read More
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R), signed an Executive Order 7, August 5, 2020, Restoring Voting Rights to, estimated 35,000 to 45,000, Iowans with Felony Convictions. One year later, most haven't… Read More
Legislative Updates Federal Legislation: A group of Democratic lawmakers led by Senate Rules Committee Chairwoman, Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) unveiled legislation aiming to combat efforts to under… Read More
Parents of 337 Migrant Children, separated at the Border, under Trump, still have Not been found, Court filing says.
Attorneys are still trying to reach the Parents of 337 Migrant Children… Read More
The Pentagon is still Operating under a Trump Administration Policy, that Blocks Foreign-Born Service Members, from an Expedited Path to Citizenship, according to Court Papers, filed by the… Read More
Disability Rights Advocates are taking on Republican Governors, who Block School Mask Requirements, launching a slew of Federal Civil Rights Lawsuits that could serve as a Blueprint, for the… Read More
A Federal Appeals Court, on Friday, upheld a Lower Court's ruling that said, requiring Voters to provide their Own Stamps for Mail-In Ballots, and Ballot Applications, does Not amount to an… Read More
After a Federal Judge, told the Biden Administration, to continue Trump's Remain-in-Mexico Policy, they are Debating Restarting, what it describes as a more Humane Version, of the Controvers… Read More
Democrats in Congress are considering a Policy that was long unthinkable: a Federal Requirement that every American show Identification before casting a Ballot. But as the Party tries to Pas… Read More
A Federal Judge, Ordered the Biden Administration, on Thursday, to Stop Deporting Asylum-Seeking Families under the Title 42 Policy, the Public Health Order, Implemented by Trump Administrat… Read More
Attorneys are still trying to reach the Parents of 303 Migrant Children, who were Separated at the U.S.-Mexico Border under the Trump Administration, down from 337 in August, according to a… Read More
Federal Agencies, this week, will Submit Plans to the White House, on Ways to Increase Voter Registration and Participation, as the Deadline approaches for One of President Biden’s key… Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other Voter Rights Groups, filed a Lawsuit on Thursday, Challenging the newly drawn State Legislative Districts, enacted last week by a Republic… Read More
On Thursday, a Federal Appeals Court, allowed the continued use of the Title 42 Policy, pushed initially through the previous Administration by Stephen Miller, that’s used the Novel Co… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alaska: The Palmer City Council failed Action Memorandum 21-055 by a 4-3 vote at their Sept. 28 meeting. Proposed by Mayor Edna DeVries, AM 21-055 would have requested P… Read More
Legislative Updates
Florida: Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R-Lake County) has filed a bill ahead of the 2022 legislative session calling for the governor to “appoint an independent third par… Read More
Groups mobilizing Latino Voters want Election Officials in Berks County, Pennsylvania, to provide Lists of People, who were sent Instructions in Spanish with the Wrong Date to hand in Mail-i… Read More
The Filing from the Justice Department (DOJ) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), is part of an effort to Identify and Reunite Families, Three years after the so-called Zero-Tolera… Read More
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Officials have Refused to allow Haitian Asylum-Seekers, Detained at a New Mexico Detention Facility, access to Legal Services that could determine t… Read More
Individual Voters joined with Civil Rights and Faith Groups, including the Greater Birmingham Ministries, and the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, to File a Pair of Lawsuits Challengin… Read More
In a historic Vote, the California, Orange County Board of Supervisors, on Monday, created a Majority-Latino District, for the First time, while also giving Power to Asian Voters.
The Line… Read More
A Legal Case that affects the Voting Rights of more than 50,000 Minnesotans with Active Felony Records, awaits a Decision from the State Supreme Court, after a Hearing Tuesday, that left Jus… Read More
The ACLU, the League of Women Voters of Ohio, and the A. Philip Randolph Institute, are Challenging Ohio’s New Republican-Drawn Congressional Map as an Illegal Gerrymander.
The Suit… Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced Thursday, that it is Lifting a Requirement that Patients seeking Medication Abortion had to Pick-Up the Medication In-Person, instead a… Read More
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed New Georgia Political Maps into Law Thursday, finalizing Republican efforts to solidify their Majorities in a rapidly changing State as opponents immediate… Read More
The Ohio Supreme Court, declared Invalid, on Wednesday, newly drawn Maps that had Retained Republican Supermajorities in both Chambers of the State Legislature, giving the State Redistrictin… Read More
Legislative Updates
Arizona: Republican Sen. Wendy Rogers has introduced SB1133 which would ban cities, towns and school boards from holding all-mail elections. Local government entities ha… Read More
Federal Judges, on Monday, Blocked Alabama from using newly Drawn Congressional Districts in upcoming Elections, ruling that the State should have Two Districts, instead of One, in which Bla… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court, Voted 5-4 Monday, to Halt the Ordered Redraw of Alabama's Congressional Map, a Blow for Anti-Gerrymandering Advocates, and Democrats who were hoping to add a Second B… Read More
When the U.S. Census Bureau finally released its detailed Population Data in August, 2021, States began the pivotal Decade process of Redrawning Local and Congressional Maps. The Results are… Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Challenges Two Montana Laws that Disenfranchise Voters on Reservations. Rual Reservations are some of the most Isolated Voter locations in the U.S… Read More
A Federal Appeals Court ruled: U.S. can continue to quickly Expel, Asylum Seeker and Migrant Families caught crossing the US-Mexico Border, but should avoid sending them where they could fac… Read More
Legislative Updates
Alabama: The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it a crime for state and county election officials to accept money or services from private group… Read More
A Federal Appeals Court has Halted the Final Count, and Certification of Votes, in a narrow Race for Lehigh County, PA, Judge, while Voters ask the Court to Reverse a Lower Decision throwing… Read More
A Montana Trial Court, granted a Preliminary Injunction in a set of Consolidated Cases, Challenging a Number of Suppressive Laws, passed late in the 2021 Montana Legislative Session:
- Mon… Read More
Legislative Updates
Florida: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has signed a bill into law that creates a statewide voter fraud force to respond to allegations of illegal election activity reported by c… Read More
The Biden Administration is broadening the pool of Migrants who will be allowed to enter the U.S. to make Asylum Claims, in the latest effort to chip away at the Restrictive Immigration Poli… Read More
The Biden administration has proposed a settlement that would allow migrant families who were separated at the southern border to stay in the U.S. for three years, apply for asylum, and rece… Read More