Hecox v. Little (Legal Case) 4/29/2024 LWVUS filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs challenging restrictions on transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students in school sports
United States v. Idaho (consolidated with Moyle v. United States) (Legal Case) 4/24/2024 LWVUS and nearly 100 other organizations joined an amicus brief filed by the National Women’s Law Center arguing that EMTALA preempts Idaho’s abortion ban
League of Women Voters of Montana v. Knudsen (Legal Case) 4/24/2024 LWV Montana filed a state court lawsuit against HB 892, which imposed criminal penalties on voters
EMTALA at SCOTUS: Abortion Will Always Be a Federal Issue (Blog) 4/23/2024 The Supreme Court case Moyle v. United States could leave women and people who can become pregnant at risk of permanent bodily harm, creating a patchwork in which some states provide reproductive…
VOTE411 Honored for Government & Associations: Websites & Mobile Sites (Press Release) 4/18/2024 The League of Women Voters nonpartisan election information tool VOTE411.org announced today that it has been honored for Government & Associations: Websites & Mobile Sites in the 28th Annual…
LWV of Iowa, One Iowa File Brief Protecting Students from Harmful LGBTQIA+ Book Ban in Schools (Press Release) 4/18/2024 St. Louis, Missouri— Today, the League of Women Voters of Iowa and One Iowa filed an amicus brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit asking the court to uphold a lower court’s…
LWVUS Submits Statement to Senate around Hearing on AI and Deepfakes in Elections (Legal Document) 4/17/2024 LWVUS submitted a statement for the record to the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law in the US Senate. The Hearing was titled Oversight of AI: Election Deepfakes.
Kim v. Hanlon (Legal Case) 4/17/2024 LWV New Jersey filed an amicus brief opposing the state’s county line system in federal court, asserting it was unconstitutional and discriminatory
Remarks on DC Statehood at Full Democracy Champions Luncheon (Blog) 4/16/2024 In honor of Emancipation Day, DC's Mayor Muriel Bowser hosted a Full Democracy Champions Luncheon. Within are remarks from LWV's Kelly McFarland Stratman on DC Statehood.
BABE VOTE v. McGrane (Legal Case) 4/11/2024 LWV Idaho and BABE VOTE filed a lawsuit in Idaho state court against HB 124 and HB 340, which banned using student ID in voting and voter registration at polling places, respectively