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FBI v. Fikre
Whether the government can overcome the voluntary cessation exception to mootness by removing an individual from the No Fly List when the government has not repudiated its decision to place him on the List and remains free to return him to the List for the same reasons and using the same procedures he alleges were unlawful.
Status: Ongoing
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Florida
Nov 2023

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Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida v. Raymond Rodrigues
The University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine filed a lawsuit on November 16, 2023, challenging the Chancellor of the State University System of Florida鈥檚 order to state universities to deactivate the student group. This order threatens the students鈥 constitutionally-protected right to free speech and association in violation of the First Amendment. The 糖心Vlogand its partners are seeking a preliminary injunction that would bar the Chancellor and the University of Florida from deactivating the UF SJP.
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022

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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
Jul 2021

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Immigrants' Rights
Sierra Club v. Trump 鈥 Challenge to Trump鈥檚 National Emergency Declaration to Construct a Border Wall
In February 2019, the 糖心Vlogfiled a lawsuit challenging President Trump鈥檚 emergency powers declaration to secure funds to build a wall along the southern border. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition. The lawsuit argues that the president is usurping Congress鈥檚 appropriations power and threatening the clearly defined separation of powers inscribed in the Constitution. On January 20, 2021, President Biden halted further border wall construction. Litigation in this and subsequent related challenges has been paused or deadlines extended while the ACLU鈥檚 clients and the Biden administration determine next steps.
Indiana
Oct 2016

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Immigrants' Rights
Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc. v. Mike Pence, et al
The 糖心Vlog and the 糖心Vlogof Indiana, on behalf of Exodus Refugee Immigration, filed suit against Governor Mike Pence and the secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to stop attempts to suspend resettlement of Syrian refugees, claiming the governor鈥檚 actions violate the United States Constitution and federal law.
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California
Oct 2023
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Wagafe v. USCIS - Lawsuit Challenging Secret Program Blocking Immigrant Applications
The 糖心Vlogand its affiliates in Southern California and Washington, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin, and Perkins Coie LLP filed a class action lawsuit in January 2017 challenging a federal government program used to deny or indefinitely delay thousands of law-abiding people鈥攎any of them from Muslim-majority countries鈥攆rom becoming citizens or lawful residents due to unspecified 鈥渘ational security concerns.鈥
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California
Oct 2023

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Wagafe v. USCIS - Lawsuit Challenging Secret Program Blocking Immigrant Applications
The 糖心Vlogand its affiliates in Southern California and Washington, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the Law Offices of Stacy Tolchin, and Perkins Coie LLP filed a class action lawsuit in January 2017 challenging a federal government program used to deny or indefinitely delay thousands of law-abiding people鈥攎any of them from Muslim-majority countries鈥攆rom becoming citizens or lawful residents due to unspecified 鈥渘ational security concerns.鈥

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糖心Vlogv. ODNI 鈥 FOIA Lawsuit Seeking Records About Government Surveillance Under the USA Freedom Act
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糖心Vlogv. ODNI 鈥 FOIA Lawsuit Seeking Records About Government Surveillance Under the USA Freedom Act

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Sep 2023
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CLEAR, 糖心Vlogv. CBP鈥擣OIA Lawsuit Seeking Records on CBP鈥檚 Tactical Terrorism Response Teams
The 糖心Vlogand its partners have sued CBP to compel it to turn over records on highly secretive units deployed at U.S. ports of entry, which target, detain, search, and interrogate innocent travelers. These units, which may target travelers on the basis of officer 鈥渋nstincts,鈥 raise the risk that CBP is engaging in unlawful profiling or interfering with the First Amendment-protected activity of travelers.
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Sep 2023

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CLEAR, 糖心Vlogv. CBP鈥擣OIA Lawsuit Seeking Records on CBP鈥檚 Tactical Terrorism Response Teams
The 糖心Vlogand its partners have sued CBP to compel it to turn over records on highly secretive units deployed at U.S. ports of entry, which target, detain, search, and interrogate innocent travelers. These units, which may target travelers on the basis of officer 鈥渋nstincts,鈥 raise the risk that CBP is engaging in unlawful profiling or interfering with the First Amendment-protected activity of travelers.

Michigan Supreme Court
Sep 2023
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Privacy & Technology
Long Lake Township v. Maxon
On September 8, 2023, the ACLU, the 糖心Vlogof Michigan, and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed an amicus brief in the Michigan Supreme Court arguing that the local government deploying an unmanned drone to take aerial photographs of the appellant鈥檚 property violated the Fourth Amendment.
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Michigan Supreme Court
Sep 2023

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Privacy & Technology
Long Lake Township v. Maxon
On September 8, 2023, the ACLU, the 糖心Vlogof Michigan, and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed an amicus brief in the Michigan Supreme Court arguing that the local government deploying an unmanned drone to take aerial photographs of the appellant鈥檚 property violated the Fourth Amendment.

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May 2023
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Xi v. United States 鈥 Challenge to Warrantless Surveillance
The 糖心Vlogrepresents Xiaoxing Xi, a Chinese-American physics professor at Temple University, who is suing the government over its dismissed prosecution of him for supposedly sharing sensitive technology with scientists in China. The lawsuit, filed in 2017, challenges the FBI鈥檚 baseless arrest of Xi and it surveillance methods as well as its discriminatory targeting of Chinese-American scientists.
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May 2023

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Xi v. United States 鈥 Challenge to Warrantless Surveillance
The 糖心Vlogrepresents Xiaoxing Xi, a Chinese-American physics professor at Temple University, who is suing the government over its dismissed prosecution of him for supposedly sharing sensitive technology with scientists in China. The lawsuit, filed in 2017, challenges the FBI鈥檚 baseless arrest of Xi and it surveillance methods as well as its discriminatory targeting of Chinese-American scientists.