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Two Arizona Groups That Intimidated Phoenix-area Churches and Pastors Ordered to Stop Harassment and Pay Damages

January 24, 2020

PHOENIX — An Arizona federal court today entered an order that prohibits Patriot Movement AZ (PMAZ) and four of its members from illegally harassing and intimidating Phoenix-area churches and pastors. The order also requires PMAZ...

Twelve-Year Prison Sentence for Carrying a Cell Phone is “Cruel and Unusual Punishment” Under Constitution's Eighth Amendment

January 23, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. -- The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a motion for rehearing in the case of Willie Nash, a man who was egregiously sentenced to a 12-year prison sentence for bringing a cell phone into a county jail. The...

Florida’s Supreme Court Decision in State v. Poole at Odds with Most States that Still Allow the Death Penalty

January 23, 2020

“Today Florida’s Supreme Court retreated on the critical requirement that only a unanimous jury can impose the death penalty, making Florida an outlier inconsistent with the federal death penalty and every other state but one...

Deck Stacked Against People Eligible for Parole in Alabama

January 23, 2020

Montgomery, Ala.— As the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles continues to deny parole at extremely high rates, the Southern Poverty Law Center has released a guidebook to help navigate the state’s parole process. The guide...

SPLC: On Auschwitz Anniversary, 'We Must Learn From History'

January 23, 2020

The following statement is from Karen Baynes-Dunning, Interim President and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center . “Today marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. More than 1 million Jews, Roma, Polish,...

SPLC Sues Alabama School District for Violating Students’ Due Process Rights

January 22, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed two lawsuits today against the Montgomery County Board of Education for arbitrarily expelling students in violation of their due process rights under the 14th...

SPLC: We Deserve A Fair And Transparent Impeachment Trial

January 17, 2020

The following statement is from Karen Baynes-Dunning, Interim President and CEO of the SPLC Action Fund: “This week, the House formally delivered impeachment articles to the Senate. While many of us believe the evidence against...

SPLC: Florida Supreme Court Decision Permits Modern-Day Poll Tax and Redefines Voter-Approved Amendment

January 16, 2020

The following statement regarding the Florida Supreme Court Amendment 4 decision from this morning is by Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the Southern Poverty Law Center: “The Florida Supreme Court’s decision is...

Groups Sue Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission over Open Meetings Violations

January 15, 2020

FLORIDA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed a lawsuit today on behalf of March for Our Lives Florida, the Florida Student Power Network, Dream Defenders and individual students who were denied the right to speak at a...

Migrant Families File Federal Lawsuit Over Trump Administration Family Separation Policy

January 10, 2020

PHOENIX – Two immigrant parents separated from their children by immigration officials at the U.S. border filed a federal lawsuit today over a Trump Administration policy that has separated and traumatized thousands of migrant...

PFPS Files Amicus Brief at Invitation of Michigan Supreme Court

January 08, 2020

At the invitation of the Michigan Supreme Court, Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has filed an amicus curiae brief urging invalidation of a Michigan law that funnels limited public education funds to private schools. PFPS is a...

Civil Justice Advocates Ask U.S. Department of Justice to Immediately Investigate Violence in Mississippi’s Prison System

January 07, 2020

JACKSON, Mississippi — In a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), a U.S. Congressman and Mississippi civil justice advocates called on the agency to begin an immediate investigation into the Mississippi Department...

SPLC: Repeal of Montgomery Panhandling Ordinance "Right Thing to Do"

December 18, 2019

Montgomery, Ala. — Last night, the Montgomery City Council agreed to repeal an ordinance that criminalized panhandling. The original ordinance was passed in July and required anyone cited or arrested for panhandling to serve a...

Immigration Advocates File Major Lawsuit Challenging Weaponization of the Nation’s Immigration Court System

December 18, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Innovation Law Lab (Law Lab), Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP), Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) and Santa Fe...

SPLC Staff Vote to Unionize

December 16, 2019

MONTGOMERY, AL — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center staff voted to join the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild. The following is a statement by SPLC Interim CEO and President Karen Baynes-Dunning: “We look forward to...

Ruling on Birmingham, Alabama minimum wage hurts most vulnerable

December 13, 2019

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. - In a ruling Friday the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling finding that two minimum wage workers in Birmingham lacked standing to sue the governor and attorney...

New Report Shows Inhumane Conditions Rampant in South Florida Immigrant Detention Facilities

December 09, 2019

MIAMI -- The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has failed to ensure the safety and welfare of immigrants incarcerated in South Florida detention facilities, according to a new report released by the Southern...

Judge rules lawsuit challenging Florida’s solitary confinement of children in detention may proceed

December 06, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In a ruling Friday, the federal judge presiding over the case G.H. v. Marstiller challenging Florida’s use of solitary confinement in juvenile detention facilities ordered it to continue to proceed toward...

IN WIN FOR CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS, APPEALS COURT ORDERS NEW ORLEANS TO TURN OVER SURVEILLANCE CAMERA LOCATIONS

December 06, 2019

NEW ORLEANS – In a win for the city’s public defenders and civil rights groups representing them, a state appeals court has ordered the City of New Orleans to comply with a public records request for the locations of the city’s...

Asylum Seekers Ask Court for Protection from Latest Trump Effort to Eviscerate America’s Asylum System

December 06, 2019

SAN DIEGO – Immigrant rights attorneys filed an emergency motion today to block the government from applying another Trump administration rule to asylum seekers forced by a government policy known as “metering” to wait in Mexico...

Federal Court Blocks Trump Asylum Ban from Being Applied to Thousands of Asylum Seekers

November 19, 2019

SAN DIEGO – A federal judge today blocked the Trump administration’s asylum ban from being applied to thousands of asylum seekers who were unlawfully prevented from accessing the U.S. asylum process before the ban was implemented...

PFPS Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Affirm Montana Ruling Invalidating Private School Vouchers

November 19, 2019

Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the decision of Montana’s highest court striking down...

SPLC: Congressional Report Proves The Right To Vote Is Under Attack in the United States

November 14, 2019

Yesterday, November 13th, the Committee on House Administration’s Election Subcommittee released a scathing, 144-page report entitled, “Voting Rights and Election Administration in the United States of America." The following...

SPLC Urges Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Safety Commission to Allow Public Comments at Meetings

November 14, 2019

FLORIDA – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is urging the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission to allow students to make comments at its public meetings. The commission’s refusal to honor its...

PFPS Urges Appellate Court to Uphold Maine's Decision Not to Send Public Funds to Religious Schools

November 14, 2019

Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in federal appellate court in Carson v. Makin, a case challenging the State of Maine’s decision not to use public education funding to pay...

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