All Democrats on Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee—the committees that oversee the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—have urged the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear a case challenging the Trump Administration’s attacks on the CFPB. The members of Congress joining the amicus brief are represented by Public…
Joint statement on the First Circuit’s decision to stay the injunction in the U.S. Department of Education lawsuit to restore Office of Civil Rights staff: “We are disappointed in the First Circuit’s decision, which removes an important check on the government’s plan to gut the Office of Civil Rights while the case goes forward and…
Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Comms. Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Economists, public health professionals, and renewable energy leaders warn of far-reaching dangers posed by executive orders that advance fossil fuels and suppress renewables MISSOULA, M.T. — On the second day of the historic…
Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Comms. Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, 203.435.1722, nfunaro@publicjustice.net First-ever live hearing in a federal constitutional climate case led by youth begins in Missoula, Montana MISSOULA, M.T. — This morning, 22 young Americans began presenting live testimony in Lighthiser v. Trump, a…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2025 MEDIA CONTACTS Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net ACLU of Arizona, media@acluaz.org First Amendment Clinic, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, firstamendmentclinic@asu.edu Glendale, Ariz. – On September 9, the Glendale City Council voted to repeal the ordinances (022-66, 022-67, and 023-04) that criminalized panhandling throughout the city, citing our…
Public Justice’s statement in response to the Supreme Court’s denial of South Carolina’s application for a stay of a Fourth Circuit injunction allowing a transgender ninth-grader to use school restrooms consistent with his gender identity. “Today’s decision from the Supreme Court reaffirms what we all know to be true: Contrary to South Carolina’s insistence, trans…
Public Justice’s statement in response to South Carolina’s request that the Supreme Court of the United States intervene in a transgender student’s appeal: “South Carolina wants the Supreme Court to take the extraordinary remedy of intervening in an ongoing lower court appeal – all because the state wants to stop one ninth grader from using…
Contact: Nicole Funaro, Public Justice nfunaro@publicjustice.net August 27, 2025 Plaintiff’s answering brief argues that the district court correctly applied federal law exempting sexual harassment claims from forced arbitration New York, NY – Yesterday, attorneys for former senior TikTok executive Katie Puris filed their response in an appeal by the company to force Puris’s sexual…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has enjoined the State of South Carolina, a South Carolina school district, and other defendants from denying a transgender boy access to boys’ restrooms at school when he starts high school today. The appeals court granted an injunction pending appeal in a lawsuit challenging the state’s…