Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson (Legal Case) 3/11/2022 Whole Woman’s Health, a Texas abortion clinic, sued Texas after the state passed a law banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. The law would be enforced through bounties paid to private…
Adkins v. Virginia Redistricting Commission (Legal Case) 9/22/2021 LWV Virginia filed an amicus brief in a case challenging HB 1225, which set standards and criteria for the Virginia Redistricting Commission when drawing legislative districts
Americans For Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta (Legal Case) 7/1/2021 The League of Women Voters of California filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold California’s law requiring non-profits to disclose donors on their tax returns.
League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. Rucho (consolidated with Common Cause v. Rucho) (Legal Case) 6/27/2021 LWVNC v. Rucho challenged North Carolina’s 2016 redistricting plan in the Supreme Court as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander and a violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
People First of Alabama v. Merrill (Legal Case) 11/16/2020 LWV Alabama filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs seeking to prevent enforcement of restrictive Alabama voting laws during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donald Trump for President, Inc. v. Murphy (Legal Case) 10/22/2020 During the COVID-19 pandemic, LWV of New Jersey intervened to defend bill A4475, which allowed the November 2020 election to be conducted by mail
Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs (Legal Case) 10/13/2020 LWV of Arizona filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs' request for an extension of Arizona's registration deadline by three weeks due to challenges caused by COVID-19.
June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo (Legal Case) 6/29/2020 Several abortion providers in Louisiana sued to strike down state laws that restricted abortion access by requiring them to be staff members with admitting privileges in hospitals no further than 30…
Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California (Legal Case) 6/18/2020 The League filed an amicus brief with 45 other organizations challenging the Trump Administration’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Legal Case) 10/29/2018 LWV Pennsylvania filed a state court lawsuit alleging that the 2011 congressional map was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander under the Pennsylvania constitution