Eight voters and three community organizations took their argument to Commonwealth Court today in their effort to join a lawsuit challenging a subpoena issued by a state Senate committee to the Department of State seeking the personally identifying information of every registered voter.

A coalition of good government and civil rights advocates and eight voters filed a petition in state court to join the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s lawsuit against state Senate Republicans’ attempt to obtain private information about the commonwealth’s registered voters.

The Biden administration has entered into at least one new Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agreement to expand its use of private prisons, despite a campaign promise and an executive order from President Biden to end the use of privately run detention facilities. 

Good government advocates argued to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court today that the 2019 ballot question on constitutional rights for victims of crime presented voters with too many changes to the state constitution in a single question.

At a press conference today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania celebrated  the August 1 launch of a pilot program that will change how Philadelphia police interact with individuals who are committing minor offenses.

Montgomery County commissioners have reached a settlement agreement with 15 county residents who filed suit after the commissioners fired Dean Beer and Keisha Hudson from the public defender’s office without a public vote and public comment, in violation of the Sunshine Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahanoy Area School District v B.L. today in a decision that reaffirmed the importance of free speech rights of young people and students across the country.

Today in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, the Supreme Court issued a narrow fact-specific ruling that does not create a license to discriminate based on religious beliefs.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania has released a new edition of its report More Law, Less Justice, exposing how Pennsylvania state legislators continue to pass bills that expand the commonwealth’s criminal justice system with an overreliance on punishment.