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State Legislature Fails Louisiana Children, Parents and Doctors Yet Again

July 20, 2023

NEW ORLEANS — This week, the Louisiana legislature reconvened specifically to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of legislation banning medically necessary gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The bill goes into effect...

Nationwide Actions to Decry Deaths in Immigration Cages, Demand Justice

July 19, 2023

NEW ORLEANS – The Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition announced a nationwide Day of Action (12 hours) in response to the continued premature and avoidable deaths of community members held in immigration cages. Events will...

Palm Beach County School District to Revise Its Baker Act Policy After Federal Court Judgment

July 18, 2023

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – On July 19, the Palm Beach County School Board will consider proposed revisions to its current policy regarding the use of forced psychiatric examinations of school children under the Florida Mental...

New SPLC Report Exposes Dangerous Juvenile Justice System in Louisiana

July 18, 2023

NEW ORLEANS — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a staggering report on the state of one of the most punitive youth justice systems in the country. The report comes nearly a year after Louisiana Gov. John Bel...

Civil Rights and Legal Advocates File Lawsuit Against Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law SB 1718

July 17, 2023

SPANISH VERSION BELOW – VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL A CONTINUACIÓN MIAMI – Today, legal organizations, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice and...

Descendent of Historic Hungerford Property Joins Lawsuit Against Orange County Public Schools

July 14, 2023

ORLANDO, Fla. – On Wednesday, July 12, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an amended complaint in state court against the Orange County Public School (OCPS) Board to include a new plaintiff in the case of The...

Legal Advocates to File Lawsuit Challenging the Constitutionality of Florida’s Anti-Immigrant Law

July 01, 2023

MIAMI – The Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and American Immigration Council have announced they will file a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s...

Georgia Parents Seek Emergency Court Order Blocking Anti-Transgender Health Care Ban

June 30, 2023

ATLANTA — Four Georgia families have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to stop Georgia Senate Bill 140 (“SB 140,” the “Health Care Ban,” or the “Ban”) from taking effect on July 1. The plaintiffs say the law strips them of...

SPLC Denounces U.S. Supreme Court Decision Abandoning Anti-Discrimination Law

June 30, 2023

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 303 Creative v. Elenis that a Colorado anti-discrimination law violates the First Amendment’s free speech clause. “As states continue passing harmful laws that seek to...

Family, Advocates Demand Answers and Justice Following Death of Man ICE had Recommended be Released in November 2022

June 29, 2023

NEW ORLEANS – The Shut Down NOLA ICE Coalition issued the following statement about the death of Ernesto Rocha-Cuadra, a 42-year-old Nicaraguan man who endured over a year in the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center (“Jena”),...

SPLC Condemns U.S. Supreme Court Decision Striking Down Affirmative Action in Higher Education

June 29, 2023

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, overturning nearly 50 years of legal precedent allowing colleges...

SPLC and Loyola Law Clinic Sue St. Bernard Parish School District for Due Process, Disability Rights Violations

June 27, 2023

CHALMETTE, La. — St. Bernard Parish Public Schools routinely violate the rights of students with disabilities by placing them in a punitive alternative school setting without the appropriate accommodations and education services...

SPLC Mourns the Passing of Civil Rights Activist Ben Frazier

June 27, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reflects on the legacy of Civil Rights Activist Ben Frazier , who passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2023. “Ben Frazier led with a passionate, public servant’s heart. A...

New SPLC Report Documents Lasting Impact of Shelby County v. Holder on Voting Rights in the Deep South

June 26, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v. Holder , nearly every county in the South has implemented policies that make it more difficult for people of color to vote and elect leaders...

SPLC Welcomes U.S. Supreme Court Decision Allowing Federal Immigration Enforcement Priorities to Remain in Place

June 23, 2023

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Texas that the states lacked standing to challenge the Biden administration’s federal immigration enforcement priorities. “Today’s Supreme Court decision is a...

SPLC Calls for Just and Humane Immigration System on World Refugee Day

June 20, 2023

ATLANTA — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) joins the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in observance of World Refugee Day . For more than two decades, nations around the world, humanitarian aid workers and...

Six Florida Cities Succeed in Reducing Harm of HB 1, End Court Challenge

June 08, 2023

Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, six Florida cities ended their challenge to HB 1, a 2021 law introduced by Governor Ron DeSantis in response to the racial justice protests of 2020 following the murder of George Floyd and others by...

SPLC Applauds U.S. Supreme Court Decision Affirming the Right to Fair Representation for Black Communities

June 08, 2023

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Allen v. Milligan that Alabama’s congressional map denies Black voters a fair number of congressional seats. In July 2022, the Southern Poverty Law Center , League of Women...

Hate Groups Are Descending on Main Street America, According to New Report Released by the Southern Poverty Law Center

June 06, 2023

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center released Year in Hate & Extremism , an annual report detailing the scope and danger of hate and antigovernment extremist groups operating within the United States. The...

Voting Rights Groups File Litigation to Protect Voting Rights of Mississippians with Disabilities

May 31, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Mississippi Center for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU-MS and Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) filed a federal lawsuit challenging S.B. 2358...

New Motions Filed in Lawsuit Challenging Georgia’s Omnibus Anti-Voter Law Seek to Defend Against Racial Discrimination and Remove Barriers to Absentee Voting

May 31, 2023

ATLANTA — Voting rights organizations have filed motions for preliminary injunctive relief to lift barriers to voting for the 2024 elections in Georgia. The latest motion, filed last night, challenges provisions of S.B. 202 for...

Civil Rights Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Use Executive Authority to Protect Immigrant Families and Workers

May 25, 2023

WASHINGTON — Today, as first reported by The Hill , a coalition of prominent civil rights organizations sent a letter to the Biden administration calling on President Joe Biden to take all actions within his authority to protect...

SPLC Seeks Hearing to Address Cobb County School District’s Retaliation and Continued Violation of Student’s Disability Rights

May 24, 2023

COBB COUNTY, Ga. – Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) petitioned the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings for a due process hearing on behalf of a five-year-old student with multiple disabilities who...

SPLC Celebrates Historic Appointment of Nancy Abudu to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit 

May 18, 2023

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate made history today by confirming Nancy Abudu to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Abudu is now the first African American woman, second woman of color, and only the third...

Voting and Civil Rights Groups Challenge Inequity in Access to Voting Under Georgia Law

May 17, 2023

WASHINGTON — Voting and civil rights groups filed an emergency preliminary injunction motion seeking to lift restrictions in Georgia’s anti-voter law, S.B. 202 , that target voters with disabilities. These S.B 202 provisions...

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