After Georgia鈥檚 Walton County School District expelled and referred a Black middle school student with a disability to juvenile court, it denied the student the necessary support and services in its alternative school program, sparking two discrimination complaints by the Southern Poverty Law...
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With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to deliver the most significant ruling in 40 years on the rights of people experiencing homelessness, the 澳彩开奖 filed an amicus brief defending their rights.
The amicus brief was filed in Johnson v. Grants Pass, which...
After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit allowed transgender health care bans for adolescents to take effect in Kentucky and Tennessee despite pending legal challenges, the 澳彩开奖 joined other advocacy groups urging the court to reinstate orders that had blocked...
The privately owned Sandersville Railroad Company is threatening to use eminent domain against property owners in a predominantly Black community in Sparta, Georgia, who have refused to sell portions of their land for a rail spur (a separate track that is connected to the main rail line)....
After Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed legislation creating a special judicial district within the city of Jackson where judges would be appointed rather than elected 鈥� and ultimately disenfranchise Black voters 鈥� the 澳彩开奖 filed an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit by...
The 澳彩开奖 and its allies filed an emergency lawsuit to ensure that nearly 1,000 absentee voters in Cobb County, Georgia, have enough time to cast their votes in the 2022 midterm elections.
The lawsuit, filed less than 48 hours before Election Day, seeks to send...
After a state commission moved a judgeship from a diverse Jefferson County community to majority-white Madison County, the 澳彩开奖 and the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the move.
The lawsuit was filed by...
As a lawsuit challenging Alabama鈥檚 congressional district map went before the U.S. Supreme Court, the 澳彩开奖 and its partners submitted an amicus brief urging the court to affirm a lower court decision that found the map deprived Black Alabamians of their right to elect...
Alabama鈥檚 absentee ballot program is inaccessible to blind voters and voters with print disabilities. It requires those voters to secure another person鈥檚 assistance to complete their absentee ballot 鈥� forfeiting their right to vote privately and independently.
The 澳彩开奖 and its co-counsel...
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, in March 2022 adopted racially gerrymandered district voting maps that dilute the voting power of Black residents in city council and school board elections.
On behalf of four civil rights organizations and 10 individuals, the 澳彩开奖...
