Virginia v. Ferriero (Legal Case) 1/5/2023 Illinois, Nevada, and Virginia filed a lawsuit to compel the Archivist of the United States to recognize and complete the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County, Florida (Legal Case) 1/4/2023 Drew Adams, a high school student, and his mother sued the St. Johns County School Board for discriminating against Drew because he is transgender. The School Board maintains a policy prohibiting…
Finn v. Cobb County Board of Elections & Registration (Legal Case) 12/22/2022 A lawsuit challenging the newly drawn district map for the Cobb County Board of Education as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
League of Women Voters of New York v. Kosinski (Legal Case) 12/22/2022 The League of Women Voters of New York and its co-plaintiffs sued to move New York’s primary election from June 28, 2022, to August 23, 2022.
Moore v. Harper (Legal Case) 12/8/2022 The Republican-controlled North Carolina Legislature, asserting that state legislatures had exclusive power over redistricting, petitioned the Supreme Court for review, after the state supreme court…
Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga. (Legal Case) 12/6/2022 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…
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia (Legal Case) 12/6/2022 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…
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (Legal Case) 12/6/2022 US Supreme Court case considering whether a Colorado law banning discrimination against LGBTQIA+ persons by businesses violates the business owner’s First Amendment right to freedom of religion.
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (to be heard with Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina) (Legal Case) 11/15/2022 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…
Hecox v. Little (Legal Case) 9/14/2022 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…