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Hecox v. Little
LWVUS filed an amicus brief in support of plaintiffs in Hecox v. Little, which challenges Idaho’s law that targets transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students with the nation’s harshest…
Equal Rights / Health Care Reform / / Case Active
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (to be heard with Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina)
Students for Fair Admissions, a non-profit representing students and others opposed to race-conscious admissions, sued Harvard University, alleging its consideration of race in admissions violated…
Equal Rights / / Case Active
Merrill v. Milligan
Plaintiffs sued in federal court to require Alabama to draw a second majority-Black Congressional district under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.  
Redistricting / / Case Active
Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California
The League filed an amicus brief with 45 other organizations challenging the Trump Administration’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.    
Immigration / / Case Closed
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Plaintiff Catholic Social Services (CSS), a foster care agency retained by Philadelphia to provide placement services, sued the city after it stated it would not contract with CSS if it continued to…
Equal Rights / / Case Closed
June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo
Several abortion providers in Louisiana sued to strike down state laws that restricted abortion access by requiring them to be staff members with admitting privileges in hospitals no further than 30…
Equal Rights / Health Care Reform / / Case Closed
Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga.
Employees who were fired for being LGBTQ+ filed lawsuits against their employers arguing that their termination violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The LWVUS joined an amicus brief in…
Equal Rights / / Case Closed
Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson
Whole Woman’s Health, a Texas abortion clinic, sued Texas after the state passed a law banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. The law would be enforced through bounties paid to private…
Equal Rights / Health Care Reform / / Case Closed
League of Women Voters of Florida v. Lee (now League of Women Voters of Florida v. Byrd)
Lawsuit challenging voter suppression law Senate Bill 90. The case claims that SB90’s drop box restrictions, mail-in ballot repeat request requirement, volunteer assistance ban, deceptive…
Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Active
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
The Center for Reproductive Rights challenged Mississippi’s fifteen-week abortion ban in federal court. LWVUS filed an amicus brief with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the…
Equal Rights / Health Care Reform / / Case Closed