by Press | Aug 27, 2020 | Press Releases
(CLEVELAND) – Ohio’s requirement that each of its counties are permitted only one secure ballot drop box is unconstitutional, a federal lawsuit filed last night against Secretary of State Frank LaRose argues. The suit challenges an August 12 directive to permit only...
by Press | Aug 26, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Kenosha, Wisconsin residents have been on edge for more than three days after Jacob Blake, a Black resident of Kenosha, Wisconsin, was shot in the back while in front of his children on Sunday, by a white police officer. Overnight, protests...
by Press | Aug 25, 2020 | Press Releases
(Columbus, Ohio) – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Ohio and Covington & Burlington LLP are challenging the constitutionality of Ohio’s flawed system of signature match requirements on absentee...
by Press | Aug 22, 2020 | Press Releases
Washington, DC — On Thursday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed SB 8005, a bill that imposes a series of criminal penalties and mandatory minimum sentences on those engaged in certain demonstration and protest activity. Under the law, Tennessee protesters face...
by Press | Aug 21, 2020 | Press Releases
(WASHINGTON) – Thousands of same-sex couples seeking to become foster parents will likely face discrimination if the Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic Social Services (CSS), according to an amicus brief filed yesterday by the Lawyers’...
by Press | Aug 21, 2020 | Press Releases
(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) – Kentucky officials dropped several requirements that would have put the state’s voters at risk in order to cast their ballots in this November’s elections, after a vote by the state’s elections board yesterday. The vote must now be approved by the...
