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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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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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- Dismantling White Supremacy
- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Letter to the Senate: Policy Priorities for the 119th Congress
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
- Eliminating Poverty and Economic Inequality
- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
- Strengthening Democracy & Voting Rights
Letter to the House: Policy Priorities for the 119th Congress
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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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- 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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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
P.A., et al. v. Voitier
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Loyola Law Clinic reached a settlement agreement with Louisiana’s St. Bernard Parish Public Schools following a 2023 lawsuit the groups filed accusing the school district with routinely violating the rights of students with disabilities, placing them in a punitive alternative school setting without the appropriate due process, accommodations and…
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- Ending Unjust Imprisonment
Preparing for possible ICE arrests on campus
TIP: To show that some areas are private (like classrooms or student lounges), mark them with a “Private” sign, keep the doors closed or locked, and have a policy that visitors and the public cannot enter those areas if not enrolled in classes or employed by the university.
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