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Apr 24, 2015

Why I Am Afraid of the Bathroom

By Carl Charles, Skadden Fellow, ACLU LGBT Project

As a transgender person, I don’t take small things for granted. I appreciate the store clerk who calls me “sir,” my colleagues who...

By Carl Charles, Skadden Fellow, ACLU LGBT Project

As a transgender person, I don’t take small things for granted. I appreciate the store clerk who calls me “sir,” my colleagues who...

Apr 22, 2015

The Sun Must Go Down on the Patriot Act

By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director

This piece originally appeared at ...

By Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director

This piece originally appeared at ...

Mar 31, 2015

Update: Bills Dead or Alive - March 30th Deadline

Monday, March 30th was the deadline for conference reports to be filed or the bills will die. The conference report must be adopted by April 2nd. The Governor may sign bills into law or veto them throughout...

Mar 4, 2015

Bills Dead Or Alive - March 3rd Deadline

Tuesday, March 3rd was the deadline for bills to pass out of committee from the opposite chamber. Senate bills had to pass out of House committees and House bills had to pass out of Senate committees. ...

Feb 19, 2015

Saving a Life is More Important than Making an Arrest

Senate Bill 2780, the Mississippi Medical Emergency Good Samaritan Act, is a bill to provide immunity from arrest...

Feb 18, 2015

You Move, You Lose!

House Bill 932 will require registrars to mail a voter registration card to the mailing address provided on an...