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Nov 04, 2022
League of Women Voters of Tennessee et al. v. Davidson County Election Commission et al.
Nov 04, 2021
L.E. v. Lee
Luc Esquivel is a 14-year-old freshman at Farragut High School in Knoxville, TN who has been looking forward to trying out for the boys’ golf team, but his plans were derailed when Gov. Bill Lee signed SB 228 into law. This law banned students from participating in school sports.
Nov 09, 2020
State of Tennessee v. Christopher Bassett, Jr.
Christopher Bassett, Jr. was convicted for the murder in 2015 and in 2020, an amicus brief was filed on his behalf. The state introduced a drill rap music video featuring Bassett and six other men, following in a pattern of treating rap music as inherently incriminating.
Jun 19, 2020
Memphis Center for Reproductive Health v. Slatery
In the summer of 2020, a bill was passed that effectively banned all abortions in Tennessee, causing ACLU-TN to file a lawsuit that would block enforcement of the bill that same day.
May 15, 2020
Lay v. Goins
With the 2020 elections taking place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC recommended mail-in voting to inhibit the spread of the virus. Unlike other states, Tennessee restricted mail-in-voting with limited exceptions. This forced Tennesseans to either risk their health or to not vote at all.
Apr 21, 2020
Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi v. Slatery
The Tennessee General Assembly passed a law that would require clinics that provide medication abortions to give their patients false and misleading information about a "reversal" to medication abortions, an unproven claim with no basis in medical research.
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