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Young Patients and Parents Ask Courts to Quash Department of Justice Subpoenas for Medical Records

The Public Interest Law Center asked federal courts in Pennsylvania to quash sweeping subpoenas issued by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking years’ worth of medical records of every patient under the age of 19 who received gender-affirming care from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).

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Holding the Department of Justice accountable to remedy alleged redlining in Philadelphia, PA

In response to a troubling nationwide effort to weaken fair housing enforcement, civil rights groups are taking action to attempt to block the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) premature termination of a federal consent order that holds ESSA Bank & Trust accountable for alleged discriminatory redlining in majority-Black and Hispanic neighborhoods in and around Philadelphia.

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Voters & Civil Rights Groups Seek to Halt DOJ Attempts to Seize Pennsylvania Voter Data

The case is part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to compel states to turn over their full voter registration databases, including with sensitive personal information such as partial Social Security and driver’s license numbers.

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