Supreme Court Term 2023-2024
We’re breaking down the cases we've asked the court to consider this term.
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Ohio
Jul 2024
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League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose
In Ohio, HB 458 makes it a felony for any person who is not an election official or mail carrier to return an absentee voter's ballot—including voters with disabilities—unless the person assisting falls within an unduly narrow list of relatives. We are challenging the law because it violates Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) by making it exceedingly difficult for voters with disabilities to cast their ballots.
Status: Ongoing
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Mississippi
Jul 2024
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Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP v. State Board of Election Commissioners
Mississippi has a growing Black population, which is already the largest Black population percentage of any state in the country. Yet. Black Mississippians continue to be significantly under-represented in the state legislature, as Mississippi’s latest districting maps fail to reflect the reality of the state’s changing demographics. During the 2022 redistricting process, the Mississippi legislature refused to create any new districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred representative. The current district lines therefore dilute the voting power of Black Mississippians and continue to deprive them of political representation that is responsive to their needs and concerns, including severe disparities in education and healthcare.
Status: Ongoing
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Ohio
May 2024
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Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region et al., v. Ohio Department of Health, et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the law firm WilmerHale, and Fanon Rucker of the Cochran Law Firm, on behalf of Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region, Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, Preterm-Cleveland, Women’s Med Group Professional Corporation, Dr. Sharon Liner, and Julia Quinn, MSN, BSN, amended a complaint in an existing lawsuit against a ban on telehealth medication abortion services to bring new claims under the Ohio Reproductive Freedom Amendment, including additional challenges to other laws in Ohio that restrict access to medication abortion in the state.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2024
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Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (Congressional Map Challenge)
South Carolina unlawfully assigned voters to congressional districts based on their race and intentionally discriminated against Black voters in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2024
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Callais v. Landry
Whether the congressional map Louisiana adopted to cure a Voting Rights Act violation in Robinson v. Ardoin is itself unlawful as a gerrymander.
Status: Ongoing
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Texas
Apr 2024
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Crystal Mason v. State of Texas
Crystal Mason thought she was performing her civic duty by filling out a provisional ballot in the 2016 election. She didn't know it would land her a five-year prison sentence, upending her family and the life she had built. At the time, Ms. Mason was on federal supervised release, a preliminary period of freedom for individuals who have served their full time of incarceration in federal prison. Ms. Mason didn’t know, and nobody told her, that the state considered her ineligible to vote while on supervised release. Because her name didn’t appear on voter rolls, she filed a provisional ballot, consistent with federal law. The state never counted her ballot but has still sought to send her to prison for an innocent mistake.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2024
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Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States
Idaho and Moyle, et al. v. United States was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court by Idaho politicians seeking to disregard a federal statute — the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) — and put doctors in jail for providing pregnant patients necessary emergency medical care. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on this case on April 24, 2024. The Court’s ultimate decision will impact access to this essential care across the country.
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2024
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City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
Status: Ongoing
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Montana Supreme Court
Mar 2024
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Western Native Voice v. Jacobsen
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Montana, Native American Rights Fund (NARF), and the Harvard Election Law Clinic challenged two Montana laws that hinder Native American participation in the state’s electoral process — HB 530, which prohibited paid third-party ballot collection; and HB 176, which repealed Election Day voter registration (EDR) in Montana. Together, these laws violate a number of provisions in the Montana Constitution: the right to vote, equal protection, free speech, and due process.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2018
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Jennings v. Rodriguez
Whether it violates the Constitution and the immigration laws to subject immigrants in deportation proceedings to long-term detention without individualized bond hearings.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Immigrants' Rights
Jennings v. Rodriguez
Whether it violates the Constitution and the immigration laws to subject immigrants in deportation proceedings to long-term detention without individualized bond hearings.
Feb 2018
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Ohio
Feb 2018
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Preterm Cleveland v. Himes
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Ohio filed a lawsuit to challenge an Ohio law criminalizing abortions when one of the woman’s reasons for the abortion is a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Plaintiffs argue the law imposes an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion and intrudes into the personal health decisions of women and families.
Status: Ongoing
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Ohio
Reproductive Freedom
Preterm Cleveland v. Himes
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Ohio filed a lawsuit to challenge an Ohio law criminalizing abortions when one of the woman’s reasons for the abortion is a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. Plaintiffs argue the law imposes an unconstitutional burden on patients seeking abortion and intrudes into the personal health decisions of women and families.
Feb 2018
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2018
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Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31
Whether it violates the First Amendment for a state to authorize a public employee union to collect a fee from non-members for the cost of benefits that the union is legally required to provide all employees.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Women's Rights
+2 Issues
Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31
Whether it violates the First Amendment for a state to authorize a public employee union to collect a fee from non-members for the cost of benefits that the union is legally required to provide all employees.
Feb 2018
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2018
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Benisek v. Lamone
Does the First Amendment prohibit a state legislature from redistricting that is intended to secure partisan advantage for the governing party and has the effect of entrenching that party’s advantage?
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Voting Rights
Benisek v. Lamone
Does the First Amendment prohibit a state legislature from redistricting that is intended to secure partisan advantage for the governing party and has the effect of entrenching that party’s advantage?
Jan 2018
Status: Ongoing
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Pennsylvania
Jan 2018
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Reid v. Wetzel
The ACLU, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Abolitionist Law Center, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, and Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP filed a class action lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections (DOC) for holding death-sentenced prisoners in permanent, degrading, and inhumane solitary confinement. These prisoners have suffered under the DOC’s cruel and baseless policies and practices, confined in solitary until they die by execution, die of natural causes while awaiting execution, or have their capital sentence overturned.
Status: Ongoing
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Pennsylvania
Prisoners' Rights
Reid v. Wetzel
The ACLU, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Abolitionist Law Center, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, and Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP filed a class action lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections (DOC) for holding death-sentenced prisoners in permanent, degrading, and inhumane solitary confinement. These prisoners have suffered under the DOC’s cruel and baseless policies and practices, confined in solitary until they die by execution, die of natural causes while awaiting execution, or have their capital sentence overturned.
Jan 2018
Status: Ongoing
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