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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Victory for Freedom of Expression as Eleventh Circuit Rules Alabama’s Anti-solicitation Laws Unconstitutional
The 2019 lawsuit was aimed at ending the criminalization of homelessness MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), our allies and the communities we serve celebrate a victory following the Eleventh Circuit’s decision to affirm a district court’s decision that declared Alabama’s anti-solicitation laws violate the First Amendment’s protection of free speech…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
SPLC and League of Women Voters Move to Protect Fair Representation in Census Lawsuit
Groups look to intervene in case challenging inclusion of all residents in congressional apportionment count LAFAYETTE, La. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a motion to intervene in Louisiana v. U.S. Department of Commerce on behalf of the League of Women Voters of the United States (LWV), the League of Women Voters of Florida (LWVFL),…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
SPLC Condemns Passage of the SAVE Act in House; Calls on Senate to Reject this Measure
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, House Republicans passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill that would limit the voting power of women, Black and Latino, young and rural voters and so many other communities in the South and across the nation. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) decries this vote and urges the…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
SPLC Represents Former Student Wrongfully Detained for Exercising Right to Free Speech
SPLC President calls the detainment “an obvious scare tactic intended to silence people” MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has signed on to represent Leqaa Kordia, a New Jersey resident of Palestinian origin in the United States on a student visa who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
SPLC Applauds Louisiana’s Rejection of Act 3 Constitutional Amendment
NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) applauds the decision of Louisianans to roundly reject all four constitutional amendments, particularly Amendment 3, which would have made it easier to sentence children to adult jails and prison. Out of the 64 parishes in Louisiana, 52 of them voted NO on Act 3: “The people…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
SPLC President Condemns Trump Executive Orders Aimed at Whitewashing U.S. History and Restoring Confederate Monuments
MONTGOMERY, Ala — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang denounced the executive orders from the Trump administration aimed at rewriting U.S. history and restoring Confederate monuments around the country: “Black history is U.S. history. Women’s history is U.S. history. This country’s history is ugly and beautiful. And each historic struggle for civil rights…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
SPLC President Slams Unconstitutional Executive Order Targeting Voting Rights as A Threat to Our Democracy
Margaret Huang slammed Tuesday’s presidential executive order from the Trump administration attempting to intimidate and disenfranchise more voters: “This executive order pretending to ensure election integrity will actually prevent many Americans from voting. The order makes our elections less representative and threatens our democracy,” said Margaret Huang, president and CEO, SPLC. “The ultimate goal of…
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- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
SPLC Urges Louisiana Court to Keep Order in Place to Protect Special Education Services in Schools
NEW ORLEANS — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a motion to continue robust supervision of special education services in New Orleans after the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) and Orleans Public School Board (OPSB) filed a motion to be released from the Consent Judgment. Since 2005, the OPSB changed from a single…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
SPLC Files Application for Appeal Against Cobb County School District for Inappropriate Expulsion of Student
COBB COUNTY, Ga — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an application for discretionary appeal with the Georgia Court of Appeals in an ongoing student expulsion case. SPLC client, K.B., is a Black student with a disability who was expelled for alleged behavior that occurred outside of school, under the Cobb County School…
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- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
SPLC President Condemns Continued Attacks on U.S. Department of Education by Trump Administration
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) President and CEO Margaret Huang strongly condemned the executive order from the Trump Administration calling on Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. “This executive order shows the administration’s disdain for the well-being and future success of our nation’s children and for all people…