Do No Harm v. Lee II
Illegal race quotas on government boards undermine equality and opportunity
Do No Harm's federal lawsuit challenges Tennessee's racial quotas for chiropractor and medical board membership as violating the Constitution's equal protection guarantee. Victory would ensure that all candidates can compete equally for any state advisory board, regardless of race. ...
Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism v. Steve Walker
Washington homebuyers fight for equal treatment
With free representation by Pacific Legal Foundation, FAIR is fighting back with a federal lawsuit challenging Washington's discriminatory housing program to restore equal treatment for all first-time homebuyers, regardless of race. ...
American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Pritzker
Fighting for equality and educational opportunity for future teachers in Illinois
Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) challenging the race-based criteria used by the Illinois Student Assistance Corporation when awarding state-funded scholarships to future Illinois teachers. ...
theDove, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
Nonprofit radio station owner fights FCC’s public shaming rule
Perry is fighting back with a federal lawsuit challenging the FCC's race-and-sex-reporting rule to help restore the separation of powers in government and protect the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection of the laws. ...
Urban Artifact v. Col. Christopher Paris
Fighting Pennsylvania’s unfair restrictions on out-of-state craft breweries
Represented at no charge by Pacific Legal Foundation, Urban Artifact is challenging Pennsylvania's unjust beer shipping restrictions that discriminate in favor of in-state breweries and burdens those located out –of state. ...
B.B. v. Capistrano Unified School District, et al.
Elementary school disciplines first-grader for innocent “Black Lives Matter” drawing
An elementary school is not a totalitarian environment in which students have no rights. The district court was wrong to claim otherwise and set a dangerous precedent, totally stripping elementary school students of their First Amendment rights. ...
Sean McBride, et al. v. Hawkins
Healthcare specialists and patients fight for right to telehealth
Represented by Pacific Legal Foundation free of charge, Shellye Horowitz and Dr. McBride are challenging California's licensing law that threatens patients' access to necessary, specialized medical care and rights of qualified specialists to treat them. ...
American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Tim Walz
Race quotas for public service deny equality and opportunity
Represented by Pacific Legal Foundation at no charge, The American Alliance for Equal Rights is fighting back. Its federal lawsuit challenges the Minnesota Board of Social Work's race-based membership quota as violating the Constitution's equal protection guarantee. A victory would ensure that all candidates can compete equally to serve on the soci ...
Swanson v. Hilgers
Nebraska midwife entrepreneur fights unjust ban on her profession
Heather Swanson believes that the ability of mothers to choose where and how to give birth is an important right. Yet these foundational freedoms are under siege by a Nebraska law that defies logic and basic human rights. It is the only state to outright ban CNMs from home births; failure to comply is a felony. Meanwhile, lay midwives and doulas, w ...