Lyons v. Galvin (Legal Case) 8/30/2022 Lawsuit brought by the Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party alleging a new law expanding early voting was unconstitutional
LWV Wisconsin v. Knudson (2021) (Legal Case) 7/13/2022 LWV of Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit to reactivate the voter registrations of 31,854 voters who had been unlawfully purged from the voter registration rolls.
Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission (Legal Case) 7/8/2022 LWV Wisconsin intervened in a state court lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty that sought to ban ballot drop boxes
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (Legal Case) 6/24/2022 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…
Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson (Legal Case) 3/11/2022 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…
Stringer v. Hughs (Legal Case) 8/4/2021 LWV of Texas filed a federal lawsuit to require Texas to allow online voter registration through the Department of Public Safety’s website
Americans For Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta (Legal Case) 7/1/2021 The League of Women Voters of California filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold California’s law requiring non-profits to disclose donors on their tax returns.
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia (Legal Case) 6/17/2021 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…
People First of Alabama v. Merrill (Legal Case) 11/16/2020 LWV Alabama filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs seeking to prevent enforcement of restrictive Alabama voting laws during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donald Trump for President, Inc. v. Murphy (Legal Case) 10/22/2020 During the COVID-19 pandemic, LWV of New Jersey intervened to defend bill A4475, which allowed the November 2020 election to be conducted by mail