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The League of Women Voters

Legal Center

Litigation empowers our fight for the issues that matter most to communities: protecting the right to vote, promoting fair and accessible elections, ending big-money corruption, and reinforcing the dignity that people across the country deserve.

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Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee

SCOTUS upheld Arizona's out-of-precinct policy, which does not allow the counting of ballots cast outside of the voter's designated precinct, and Arizona's ballot collection law, which permits only…

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

Americans For Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta

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.

Money In Politics / / Case Closed

League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. Rucho (consolidated with Common Cause v. Rucho)

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.

Redistricting / / Case Closed

Fulton v. City of Philadelphia

Plaintiff Catholic Social Services (CSS), a foster care agency retained by Philadelphia to provide placement services, sued the city after it stated it would not contract with CSS if it continued to…

Equal Rights / / Case Closed

New York v. Trump

LWV joined a lawsuit filed by New York State and a coalition of state and local governments claiming that the Trump Administration’s attempts to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census…

Census / / Case Closed

People First of Alabama v. Merrill

LWV Alabama filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs seeking to prevent enforcement of restrictive Alabama voting laws during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Expanding Voter Access / Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

Yazzie v. Hobbs

The Navajo Nation of Arizona requests that vote-by-mail ballots received within ten days of Election Day be counted due to the slower postal service and unequal proximity to post offices on the…

Fighting Voter Suppression / / Case Closed

Mi Familia Vota v. Hobbs

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.

Expanding Voter Access / / Case Closed

June Medical Services, LLC v. Russo

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…

Equal Rights / Reproductive Justice / / Case Closed

Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California

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

Immigration / / Case Closed