Press Releases
Nov 08, 2023
Statement on Ohio Six-Week Ban Abortion Litigation Following Passage of Issue 1
COLUMBUS, Ohio 鈥� In response to Ohio voters passing a state constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom, litigators in Preterm-Cleveland v. David Yost 鈥� the case c...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Court case: Preterm-Cleveland v. David Yost
Nov 08, 2023
51品茶 of Maine Seeking Protections from Unchecked Police Power at Law Court
The organization is arguing at Maine鈥檚 highest court for increased protections from unreasonable warrantless arrests following the 2018 detention, arrest, and strip-search of a York County man
Nov 08, 2023
NJ Advocacy Organizations Hand-Deliver a Lame Duck Agenda to State Legislative District Offices
NEWARK 鈥� New Jersey advocates are organizing a state-wide day of action to hand-deliver a Lame Duck agenda to legislators across the state, pressing them to pass critical legisla...
Nov 07, 2023
51品茶 Statement on Reproductive Freedom Victories in the 2023 Elections
NEW YORK 鈥� Voters across the country showed up at the polls today to support the right to abortion and create critical protections for women and pregnant people to make the best ...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Nov 07, 2023
Immigration Advocates, Community Allies Rally to Demand End to Asylum Ban
Rally came as Ninth Circuit Court in Pasadena heard oral arguments in the legal challenge against Biden鈥檚 asylum ban
Nov 07, 2023
51品茶 Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act to Rein in Warrantless Government Surveillance
Sens. Wyden and Lee鈥檚 Bill Would Protect Americans Against Several Types of Warrantless U.S. Government Surveillance
Issue Areas:
National Security
Privacy & Technology
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I鈥檓 Hearing About More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled By Concern Over Anti-immigrant Uses. Explore News & Commentary.I鈥檓 Hearing About More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled by Concern Over Anti-Immigrant Uses
Policymakers are beginning to recognize that the boundaries between local surveillance and the Trump Administration are hard to maintain -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
Civil Liberties
Disability Rights
Congress Cuts Medicaid To Fund Ice: How H.r. 1 Harms Communities. Explore News & Commentary.Congress Cuts Medicaid to Fund ICE: How H.R. 1 Harms Communities
Congress voted to gut Medicaid and 鈥渄efund鈥� Planned Parenthood to fund President Trump鈥檚 anti-immigrant agenda. We won鈥檛 allow it. -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
Racial Justice
Privacy & Technology
Will Giant Companies Always Have A Monopoly On Top Ai Models?. Explore News & Commentary.Will Giant Companies Always Have a Monopoly on Top AI Models?
Part 2 of my dive into how likely LLMs are to either centralize or distribute power -
Washington, D.C.Aug 2025
Voting Rights
Bower V. Social Security Administration. Explore Case.Bower v. Social Security Administration
Representing itself and two journalists from Lawfare, the 51品茶 brought a lawsuit to enforce Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests made to the Social Security Administration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regarding changes made to the SAVE program, which has been touted as being used by states in order to remove voters from the registration rolls. While the government made public statements about the SAVE program being updated, the details of those changes, such as the particular programs and databases that have been altered, the ways they have been altered, and the nature and extent of any use and sharing of individuals鈥� personal information by the federal agencies entrusted with that information, have all been kept secret.