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Lambda Legal Condemns Police Shootings, Demands Accountability

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July 7, 2016

We are heartbroken and outraged that again – twice in two days – police have shot and killed Black men. We don’t know all the facts in either case, but driving with a broken tail light or selling CDs in front of a store are not punishable by death.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Racial Justice and Low-Income Advocacy
Ten Years Ago Today: “On Thursday morning, July 6, I was at my desk when the clerk’s office in Albany called … the news hit like a punch to the stomach.“

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July 6, 2016

The following blog post is an excerpt from Losing Forward: The Marriage Case in New York by Jeffrey Trachtman, a partner in the New York law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Urges Supreme Court to Ensure Public Funds Aren’t Used to Discriminate

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July 5, 2016

Today, Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning whether Missouri can enforce a provision of its state constitution that excludes churches from receiving government grants.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Religious Exemptions
Lambda Legal Calls for Mississippi HB 1523 Records to Watchdog Against Discrimination

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June 30, 2016

Today Lambda Legal announced that as part of its watchdog efforts as HB 1523 — Mississippi’s anti-LGBT law — takes effect tomorrow, it has sent demands to a dozen Mississippi government agencies and officials for records relating to the law and its impact.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Religious Exemptions
U.S. Department of Defense Ends Ban on Transgender Individuals Serving in the Military

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June 30, 2016
Lambda Legal and ACLU Condemn Failure to Repeal H.B. 2

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June 28, 2016

Today, after draft legislation with proposed changes to the sweeping anti-LGBT measure, North Carolina House Bill 2, was released, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal—who are challenging House Bill 2 in federal court on behalf of six LGBT North Carolinians and members of the ACLU of North Carolina—released the following statement.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights
Victory! Lambda Legal Hails U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Protecting Access to Abortion

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June 27, 2016

Today, in a 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down two provisions of a Texas anti-abortion law that, if allowed to go into effect, would have forced 75 percent of Texas abortion clinics to close. Lambda Legal applauded today’s decision.

See Also: Health Care Fairness