California
O鈥機onnor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed
The ACLU, the 糖心Vlogof Northern California, and the 糖心Vlogof Southern California filed amicus briefs in support of everyday people fighting for government transparency and accountability in two cases set for review by the U.S. Supreme Court this Term: O鈥機onnor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022

Privacy & Technology
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FBI v. Fazaga
In a case scheduled to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on November 8, 2021, three Muslim Americans are challenging the FBI鈥檚 secret spying on them and their communities based on their religion, in violation of the Constitution and federal law. In what will likely be a landmark case, the plaintiffs 鈥 Yassir Fazaga, Ali Uddin Malik, and Yasser Abdelrahim 鈥 insist that the FBI cannot escape accountability for violating their religious freedom by invoking 鈥渟tate secrets.鈥 The plaintiffs are represented by the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, the 糖心Vlogof Southern California, the 糖心Vlog, the Council for American Islamic Relations, and the law firm of Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai.
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2023

Free Speech
O鈥機onnor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed
The ACLU, the 糖心Vlogof Northern California, and the 糖心Vlogof Southern California filed amicus briefs in support of everyday people fighting for government transparency and accountability in two cases set for review by the U.S. Supreme Court this Term: O鈥機onnor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed.
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2021

Immigrants' Rights
Innovation Law Lab v. Wolf
The 糖心Vlog, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Gender & Refugee Studies filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration鈥檚 new policy forcing asylum seekers to return to Mexico and remain there while their cases are considered.
California
Mar 2019

Racial Justice
MediaJustice, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al.
On March 21, 2019, the 糖心Vlog and MediaJustice, formerly known as "Center for Media Justice," filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about FBI targeting of Black activists. The lawsuit enforces the 糖心Vlogand MediaJustice鈥檚 right to information about a 2017 FBI Intelligence Assessment that asserts, without evidence, that a group of so-called 鈥淏lack Identity Extremists鈥 poses a threat of domestic terrorism. The Intelligence Assessment was widely disseminated to law enforcement agencies nationwide, raising public concern about government surveillance of Black people and Black-led organizations based on anti-Black stereotypes and First Amendment protected activities.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Smart Justice
+2 糖心Vlog
Flores-Villar v. United States
Whether the government may constitutionally make it more difficult for citizen fathers than citizen mothers to transmit citizenship to their out-of-wedlock children born outside the U.S.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011

Smart Justice
+2 糖心Vlog
Flores-Villar v. United States
Whether the government may constitutionally make it more difficult for citizen fathers than citizen mothers to transmit citizenship to their out-of-wedlock children born outside the U.S.

U.S. Supreme Court
May 2011
Smart Justice
Prisoners' Rights
Brown v. Plata
Whether a federal court appropriately exercised its authority by ordering the State of California to reduce the size of its prison population, which was more than double the system’s intended capacity, after dozens of remedial orders had failed for more than a decade to ensure that California prisoners received constitutionally adequate medical and mental health care.
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2011

Smart Justice
Prisoners' Rights
Brown v. Plata
Whether a federal court appropriately exercised its authority by ordering the State of California to reduce the size of its prison population, which was more than double the system’s intended capacity, after dozens of remedial orders had failed for more than a decade to ensure that California prisoners received constitutionally adequate medical and mental health care.

U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2010
Free Speech
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
Whether a California law prohibiting the sale of "violent video games" to minors violates the First Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2010

Free Speech
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
Whether a California law prohibiting the sale of "violent video games" to minors violates the First Amendment.

California
Jul 2009
LGBTQ Rights
Strauss v. Horton
Challenge to CA Prop 8, which bans marriage for same-sex couples.
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California
Jul 2009

LGBTQ Rights
Strauss v. Horton
Challenge to CA Prop 8, which bans marriage for same-sex couples.