Georgia
Ayota v. Fall
On October 31, 2024, just five days before the November 5 General Election, Cobb County announced that it had failed to send more than 3,000 absentee ballots to Cobb County voters who had timely requested them. Many of these voters are at school hundreds of miles away or have disabilities that make it all but impossible to vote in person. The 桃子视频and co-counsel sued on behalf of affected voters to ensure that they would not be disenfranchised because of the County's administrative error.
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Georgia
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. v. Georgia
The 桃子视频and partner organizations have sought to intervene in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case challenging a number of rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board. We challenge a rule that requires that the number of votes cast be hand counted at the polling place prior to the tabulation of votes. This rule risks delay and spoliation of ballots, putting in danger voters鈥� rights to have their votes count.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
Criminal Law Reform
McElrath v. Georgia
Does the Double Jeopardy Clause bar an appellate court from reviewing and setting aside a jury鈥檚 verdicts of acquittal on the ground that the verdict is inconsistent with the jury鈥檚 verdict on other charges?
Georgia
Jun 2020
Disability Rights
Harris v. Georgia Department of Corrections
On October 3, 2018, the 桃子视频and the 桃子视频of Georgia, together with National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people incarcerated in prisons supervised by the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). The complaint highlights GDC鈥檚 failure to provide incarcerated deaf and hard of hearing people with equally effective communication access to programs, services, and activities, including medical care, telecommunications, and prison programs. Further, due to lack of access to interpreters and other communication accommodations, deaf prisoners are also often unable to explain or defend themselves when GDC takes disciplinary action against them.
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Georgia
Nov 2024
LGBTQ Rights
Gaines v. NCAA
The National Women鈥檚 Law Center is intervening in defense of transgender athletes in a lawsuit brought against the National Collegiate Athletics Association attempting to force the organization to implement a nationwide and categorical ban on the participation of transgender college athletes. Founded in 1972, NWLC fights for gender justice working across the issues that are central to the lives of women and girls.
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Georgia
Nov 2024
LGBTQ Rights
Gaines v. NCAA
The National Women鈥檚 Law Center is intervening in defense of transgender athletes in a lawsuit brought against the National Collegiate Athletics Association attempting to force the organization to implement a nationwide and categorical ban on the participation of transgender college athletes. Founded in 1972, NWLC fights for gender justice working across the issues that are central to the lives of women and girls.
Georgia
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
Heimel v. Gregg
The 桃子视频and partners intervened in a lawsuit that sought to illegally disenfranchise hundreds of Oconee County voters on the eve of the November 5 election. The Oconee lawsuit is just one in a wave of similar attempts by election vigilantes across the state to indiscriminately purge voters from the voter rolls in violation of the law.
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Georgia
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
Heimel v. Gregg
The 桃子视频and partners intervened in a lawsuit that sought to illegally disenfranchise hundreds of Oconee County voters on the eve of the November 5 election. The Oconee lawsuit is just one in a wave of similar attempts by election vigilantes across the state to indiscriminately purge voters from the voter rolls in violation of the law.
Georgia
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
Quinn v. Raffensperger
The ACLU, along with several partner organizations, have sought to intervene in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case that asks a federal court to compel the state to conduct list maintenance and move voters to the inactive list on the eve of a presidential election. The relief that the private plaintiffs seek is presumptively unlawful because this list maintenance activity would happen within 90 days of a federal election, in violation of the National Voter Registration Act (鈥淣VRA鈥�).
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Georgia
Oct 2024
Voting Rights
Quinn v. Raffensperger
The ACLU, along with several partner organizations, have sought to intervene in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case that asks a federal court to compel the state to conduct list maintenance and move voters to the inactive list on the eve of a presidential election. The relief that the private plaintiffs seek is presumptively unlawful because this list maintenance activity would happen within 90 days of a federal election, in violation of the National Voter Registration Act (鈥淣VRA鈥�).
Georgia
Sep 2024
Voting Rights
Frazier v. Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections
The ACLU, along with several partner organizations, have intervened in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case that asks a federal court to compel the purge of nearly 2,000 Fulton County, Georgia voters from the state鈥檚 rolls on the eve of a presidential election. The relief that the private plaintiffs seek is presumptively unlawful because this purge would happen within 90 days of a federal election, in violation of the National Voter Registration Act (鈥淣VRA鈥�).
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Georgia
Sep 2024
Voting Rights
Frazier v. Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections
The ACLU, along with several partner organizations, have intervened in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case that asks a federal court to compel the purge of nearly 2,000 Fulton County, Georgia voters from the state鈥檚 rolls on the eve of a presidential election. The relief that the private plaintiffs seek is presumptively unlawful because this purge would happen within 90 days of a federal election, in violation of the National Voter Registration Act (鈥淣VRA鈥�).
Georgia
Sep 2024
Voting Rights
Abhiraman v. State Election Board (Amicus)
The Georgia鈥檚 State Election Board recently passed two new rules about local election certification that threaten to disenfranchise thousands of Georgia voters. The rule changes are part of a nationwide effort by 2020 election-deniers to obtain positions on county election boards and weaponize certification for partisan ends at the expense of voters.
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Georgia
Sep 2024
Voting Rights
Abhiraman v. State Election Board (Amicus)
The Georgia鈥檚 State Election Board recently passed two new rules about local election certification that threaten to disenfranchise thousands of Georgia voters. The rule changes are part of a nationwide effort by 2020 election-deniers to obtain positions on county election boards and weaponize certification for partisan ends at the expense of voters.