Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Hilgers (Legal Case) 12/4/2023 LWV Nebraska filed an amicus brief asserting a law restricting gender affirming care and banning abortion after 12 weeks was unconstitutionally enacted
League of Women Voters of Ohio v. Ohio Redistricting Commission (state legislative maps) (Legal Case) 11/27/2023 LWV Ohio filed a lawsuit in state court challenging the new State House and State Senate maps as illegal partisan gerrymanders under the Ohio Constitution.
Fitz-James v. Ashcroft (Legal Case) 11/21/2023 LWV of Missouri filed an amicus brief to support plaintiffs’ efforts to rewrite a misleading and inaccurate summary of a ballot initiative protecting abortion rights
LWVUS Joins Comments on Harassment in the Workplace Based on Reproductive Health Care Decisions (Legal Document) 11/1/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined public comments to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on its proposed enforcement guidance on harassment in the workplace.…
League of Women Voters: Gerrymandering is harming environmental protection in Wisconsin (News Clips) 10/23/2023 This story was originally published in WUWM 89.7. Debra Cronmiller is executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin. She testified that a gerrymandered legislature is failing to do…
Merrill v. Milligan (now Allen v. Milligan) (Legal Case) 10/5/2023 Plaintiffs sued in federal court to require Alabama to draw a second majority-Black Congressional district under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
League Joins Effort to Encourage Disclosure of Campaign Bundlers (Legal Document) 10/5/2023 The League joined Issue One and other coalition partners on a letter sent to all presidential candidates encouraging them to publicly disclose information about campaign bundlers on a regular basis…
Common Cause Indiana v. City of Anderson (Legal Case) 10/4/2023 LWV Indiana and its co-plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against the Anderson, Indiana, city council asserting its failure to redistrict city council districts violated state and federal law
A Racial Gerrymandering Case at the Supreme Court: Alexander v. SC State Conf. of the NAACP (Blog) 10/3/2023 The League is invested in and carefully watching an important redistricting case, Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP. The case is an appeal from a ruling striking down South…
LWVUS Urges Congress to Reject Appropriations Riders Restricting Reproductive or Gender-affirming Health Care (Legal Document) 9/29/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a sign-on letter urging Congress to reject any appropriations bills that contained riders restricting access to essential health care including…