The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL), alongside the Equal Justice Society (EJS) and 16 other leading national and statewide organizations with extensive expertise in LGBTQ+ youth advocacy, filed an amicus brief on June 2, 2026, that urges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reverse a district court ruling in MirabelliContinueContinue reading “Equal Justice Society Joins NCYL Amicus Urging Ninth Circuit to Protect LGBTQ+ Students’ Expression, Privacy, Safety, and Constitutional Rights”
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Lawyers’ Committee, NAACP, League of Women Voters and Equal Justice Society File Brief Opposing Executive Order Attacking Birthright Citizenship
Today, the NAACP was joined by the League of Women Voters and Equal Justice Society in filing an amicus brief urging a federal court to invalidate a recent executive order issued by President Donald Trump seeking to revoke birthright citizenship for individuals born in the United States to undocumented persons or temporary legal residents. Represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,ContinueContinue reading “Lawyers’ Committee, NAACP, League of Women Voters and Equal Justice Society File Brief Opposing Executive Order Attacking Birthright Citizenship “
Court Requires State of California to Clear Massive DNA Database of People Never Convicted of a Crime
This was originally posted by Avi Frey of ACLU Northern California, which sued on behalf of the Center for Genetics and Society, Equal Justice Society, and taxpayer Pete Shanks. When someone gets arrested for a felony in California, they have no choice: the police take a sample of their DNA. But even when they’reContinueContinue reading “Court Requires State of California to Clear Massive DNA Database of People Never Convicted of a Crime”