Hamilton v. Dallas County (Legal Case) 8/18/2023 Case filed by nine female detention service officers against the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department asserting sex discrimination in scheduling days off.
LWVUS Urges Congress to Support the Children’s Fundamental Rights and Climate Recovery Resolution (Legal Document) 8/16/2023 LWVUS sent a memo to members of Congress urging them to support S. Con. Res. 13/H. Con. Res. 56. This concurrent resolution recognizes the disproportionate impact of the human-caused climate crisis…
LWVUS Joins Sign-on Letter Urging 118th Congress to Invest in Gender Justice in the Farm Bill (Legal Document) 8/14/2023 LWVUS joined more than 250 other groups on a letter to House and Senate agriculture committee leadership urging them to protect and strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and…
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO BLOCK RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY TENNESSEE REDISTRICTING (Press Release) 8/9/2023 LWV of Tennessee and partners filed a federal lawsuit challenging portions of Tennessee’s congressional and state senate redistricting plans that went into effect in early 2022 as intentionally…
Tennessee NAACP v. Lee (Legal Case) 8/9/2023 LWV Tennessee filed a federal lawsuit asserting several congressional districts and one state senate district were racially gerrymandered.
How Ohio's Issue 1 could affect the rest of the country (News Clips) 8/1/2023 This article was originally published in Ohio Capital-Journal. What Ohio voters decide on Aug. 8 is likely to shape whether similar efforts to restrict ballot measures are brought in other states.
LWVUS Sends Letter to Congress about the Freedom to Vote Act (Legal Document) 8/1/2023 The League hopes to see members of the 118th Congress work together to ensure that voting rights are championed as a bipartisan effort in this country.
League of Women Voters of Cupertino-Sunnyvale v. City of Cupertino (Legal Case) 7/31/2023 Case brought by LWV Cupertino-Sunnyvale challenging a new lobbying disclosure ordinance enacted by the City of Cupertino, which could require the League and others petitioning the city council to…
Scioto graduate brings civic engagement to Harvard (News Clips) 7/31/2023 This story was originally published by CityScene Columbus. Many high school graduates have lofty goals for their next steps, but for those who know Will Smialek, it was no surprise he set his eyes…
One Year After Dobbs: The Emotional Impact of Anti-Abortion Laws (Blog) 7/26/2023 Last year’s SCOTUS decision repealing the right to abortion continues to affect millions of people nationwide. Yet while most of us are familiar with its impact on family planning, I wonder if we all…