Tell the Senate: Confirm Judges Committed to Protecting Civil Rights

As a second Trump administration approaches, we’re running out of time to confirm as many federal judges as possible to provide a check on his presidential power and curb his stated policy priorities.

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NWLC works inside the courtroom to advance gender justice outside the courtroom, from litigating our own cases fighting sex discrimination to filing amicus briefs in others’ cases to protect and expand our rights, and to expand greater awareness of our legal protections that are on the line.

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We Just Sued the Trump Administration for Rolling Back Progress on Equal Pay

NWLC Sues to Stop Illegal Trump Administration Rollback of Equal Pay Data Collection

NWLC to Trump Administration in Lawsuit: Using Religious and Moral Beliefs as an Excuse to Deny Women Birth Control Coverage Isn’t Just Heartless, It’s Illegal

Business Owners Cannot Deny Us Wedding Cakes — or Hotel Suites or Healthcare or Jobs or Educational Opportunities — Just Because of Who We Are

NWLC Submits Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

Case Update, NWLC to Iowa Supreme Court: Strictest Abortion Mandatory Delay Law in the Country Will Harm Iowa Women

Her University Punished Her for Speaking Up – We’re Helping Her Fight Back

FOIA Requests to Trump Administration on Equal Pay Data Collection

Three Reasons Why the Supreme Court Should Grant Review in Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital

Is the Trump Administration Quietly Trying to Dismantle Sex Discrimination Protections? We’re Using the Freedom of Information Act to Find Out

NWLC Is Taking Action to Uncover What the Trump Administration Is (or Isn’t) Doing With the ACA’s Birth Control Benefit

We Are Taking Walmart to Court to Seek Justice for Pregnant Workers

Supreme Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Immigration Law

We Just Sued the Department of Education. Here’s why.

NWLC Joins Amicus Brief in Rizo v. Yovino

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc.

NWLC Files Amicus Brief in Christiansen v. Omnicom Group

Two Important Wins Against Sex Discrimination This Week

A Court Just Ruled You Can’t Be Fired Because You’re Queer — and It’s a BFD

A Possible Sneak Attack by the Trump Administration to Undermine Nondiscrimination Protections for Women and LGBTQ Folks? NWLC Is On It.

Dillard University Failed to Protect its Students. So We’re Taking Them to Court.

What Does the Supreme Court’s Order in the Trans Discrimination Case Mean?

Women’s Rights at Stake: Why the Supreme Court Matters to Women

We Stand With Ash Against Transphobia in School