The Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other organizations claimed the requirement violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits states from denying the right to vote because of an immaterial ...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and 18 states with Democratic attorneys general have announced lawsuits over President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright ...

Two Pennsylvania brothers arrested for their role ... born on U.S. soil will be denied citizenship under the order,” the ACLU said in a statement. “Denying citizenship to U.S.-born children ...

Other states (like Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico), have ruled that partisan gerrymandering violates voters’ rights under similar provisions. Representing the League of Women Voters of South Carolina -- a nonpartisan organization -- we have urged ...

Some have expressed concerns with the program. In a December letter, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU) said the court would treat people in Kensington differently.

CAIR Pennsylvania, ACLU PA, along with immigration attorneys, made their voices heard at Independence Hall, Thursday, May 4, calling on President Joe Biden to end ICE contracts for the Karnes and Dilley Detention Centers in Texas, after news leaked the ...

It remains unclear just how many of Trump’s executive orders will stand up to judicial review. Numerous groups have already filed legal challenges.

Hours into his presidency, President Donald Trump repealed Obama-era guidelines that directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to avoid enforcement actions in schools, hospitals, houses of worship,

Nearly a year after Pennsylvania State University announced plans to cut $94 million from its budget, beginning in July of this year, Penn State Behrend has confirmed the elimination of eight teaching positions. None of the eight will be asked to leave immediately.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19.

In the hours following Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 as the 47th President of the United States, Corinne Goodwin, executive director of the Eastern PA Trans Equity Project, began fielding dozens of calls from both transgender individuals and their family members,

The administration’s border czar, Tom Homan, said U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement would run the facility in Cuba and that the “the worst of the worst" could go to Guantanamo.