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PILF Sues Denver Schools for Racially Engineered District Map
Callais Ruling Sets Constitutional Challenge for Denver DENVER, CO (July 2, 2026) – The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed a lawsuit challenging the Denver Public Schools district map. Despite the longstanding legal and moral repugnance against racially...
SCOTUS Cites Former AG Meese in Birthright Citizenship Ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 30, 2026) – The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III in lawsuits seeking to block President Trump’s recent birthright citizenship Executive Order 14160. In...
SCOTUS Greenlights California Standard in Watson Ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 29, 2026) – The U.S. Supreme Court decision for Watson v. RNC allows for states to accept mail-in ballots to arrive after Election Day. The Court held that federal law requires that ballots can be received after Election Day. The Public...
PILF Sues Oklahoma for Voter Roll
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed a federal lawsuit against Secretary of the State Election Board for Oklahoma, Paul Ziriax, for violating Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), 52 U.S.C. § 20507(i), and...
PILF Appeals PA County’s Order to Remove Election Judge During 2026 Primary
MOSCOW BOROUGH, PA -- The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed an appeal of an order removing elected Lackawanna County Judge of Elections, Teresa Ripley. She was not notified and did not have an opportunity to defend herself before police vacated her from...
New Mexico Withholds Files of Wrongful Voter Roll Purges Using ERIC Data
(Alexandria, VA) June 3, 2026 -- The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed a federal lawsuit against New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver for violations of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), commonly known as “Motor Voter.” The...
PILF Statement: SCOTUS Ruling on Alabama’s Redistricting Map
(Alexandria, VA) June 3, 2026 -- Following the Supreme Court’s decision permitting Alabama to implement its new congressional map, J. Christian Adams, President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, issued the following statement: “The Court...
New Brief: Newsom’s Prop 50 Map ‘Violates the Civil Rights of Californians’
(Alexandria, VA) May 26, 2026 — The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) recently filed a brief responding to the California Defendants’ motions to dismiss Noyes v. Newsom, which challenges California’s redistricting map adopted through Proposition 50...
Lawsuit: Illinois Violates Fifteenth Amendment, Voting Rights Act After Callais Decision
Alexandria, VA (May 11, 2026) – The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed the first lawsuit after the Louisiana v. Callais decision (United States Supreme Court case no. 24-109) against Governor J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Board of Elections challenging the...