Reclaiming Civil Liberties Cases

Mahmoud v. Taylor

Mahmoud v. Taylor

Southeastern Legal Foundation joined a coalition of organizations in calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their children.
First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin

Southeastern Legal Foundation joined a coalition of organizations in supporting First Choice Women’s Resource Centers' First Amendment challenge before the United States Supreme Court.
Deemar v. Evanston/Skokie School District 65

Deemar v. Evanston/Skokie School District 65

Southeastern Legal Foundation filed an historic federal lawsuit on behalf of a District 65 teacher to stop the school district from discriminating against its teachers students on the basis of race through illegal and unconstitutional teacher training, classroom curriculum, and policies and procedures.
SLF Public Comment on Proposed Changes to Amicus Rules

SLF Public Comment on Proposed Changes to Amicus Rules

Southeastern Legal Foundation submits a public comment opposing proposed changes to federal filing rules that would make it harder to support parties in constitutional challenges through amicus briefs.
Henderson v. Springfield Public Schools

Henderson v. Springfield Public Schools

In the fall of 2020, Springfield Public Schools held a mandatory “equity” and "anti-racism" training for all of its employees. Brooke Henderson and Jennifer Lumley, two educators in SPS, bravely stepped forward and filed the first-in-the-nation lawsuit against the mandatory district-wide training as violating their First Amendment rights.
Moms for Liberty and Young America’s Foundation, et al. v. U.S. Department of Education

Moms for Liberty and Young America’s Foundation, et al. v. U.S. Department of Education

Moms for Liberty and Young America's Foundation, represented by Southeastern Legal Foundation, sue the Department of Education over President Biden's Title IX overhaul.
Lackey v. Stinnie

Lackey v. Stinnie

SLF joins other public interest organizations in a Supreme Court amicus brief supporting awarding attorney's fees to a prevailing party in civil litigation.
B.B. v. Capistrano Unified School District

B.B. v. Capistrano Unified School District

Southeastern Legal Foundation supports a first grade student who was retaliated against and silenced by her school for creating an innocent drawing.
Strickland, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture

Strickland, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture

Texas farmers, represented by Southeastern Legal Foundation and Mountain States Legal Foundation, sue the Department of Agriculture for discriminating against farmers based on race and sex through disaster relief programs.
Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence v. School Committee of Boston

Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence v. School Committee of Boston

SLF joins a coalition of amici in urging the Supreme Court to take up a challenge to K-12 race-based admissions policy.
Southeastern Legal Foundation v. United States Department of Education

Southeastern Legal Foundation v. United States Department of Education

Southeastern Legal Foundation sues Department of Education for withholding public records showing overt racial discrimination in Chicago-area school district.
Do No Harm v. Pfizer

Do No Harm v. Pfizer

SLF files amicus brief urging the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to protect students' right to proceed in a lawsuit anonymously.