http://www.cir-usa.org/ The Center for Individual Rights (CIR) is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to the defense of individual liberties against the increasingly aggressive and unchecked authority of federal and state governments. http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#200 January 27, 2012 -- Today the Michigan Supreme Court, in the case In re Mays, agreed with CIR and reversed the termination of a Michigan father's parental rights.  In the trial court that ... 2012-01-31 12:31:39 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#199 January 10, 2012 -- In early December, the Government of Guam moved to dismiss CIR's case challenging its Chamorro-only plebiscite on grounds that plaintiff Dave Davis cannot possibly have been harmed ... 2012-01-10 13:53:48 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#198 December 22, 2011 -- U.S. Federal District Court Judge John Bates issued a ninety-six page opinion today in LaRoque v. Holder,  CIR's challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The ... 2011-12-22 10:03:54 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#197 November 21, 2011 -- The Center for Individual Rights filed suit today against Guam, the Guam Election Commission and seven named Guam officials for discrimination on the basis of race ... 2011-11-21 19:18:22 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#193 November 14, 2011 -- Today the U.S. Supreme Court granted numerous petitions for review of various appellate-court rulings in cases challenging the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare."  Among the petitions ... 2011-11-18 15:15:54 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#195 October 26, 2011 -- Today a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia heard oral argument in CIR's historic challenge to Section 5 of the Voting ... 2011-10-26 00:00:00 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#192 September 28, 2011 -- Today the Obama administration filed a petition for Supreme Court review of this summer's decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Florida v. HHS, one of the major ... 2011-09-30 16:09:11 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#191 September 16, 2011 -- CIR's fall Docket Report covers recent developments in CIR's litigation. Featured topics include CIR’s outsized role in the national fight against Obamacare; our lawsuit challenging Section 5 ... 2011-09-16 17:09:39 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#190 September 9, 2011 -- The full Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided today that it will consider the constitutionality of Michigan's Proposal 2.  A provision of the Michigan Constitution enacted by voters ... 2011-09-16 16:53:43 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#189 August 12, 2011- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit today struck down the "individual mandate" portion of Obamacare, ruling that Congress may not require individuals to purchase ... 2011-08-12 16:08:39 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#188 July 15, 2011 -- Today CIR filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of BAMN v. Brown, in which ... 2011-07-20 11:30:10 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#187  July 8, 2011 -- A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a decision holding that CIR plaintiffs Stephen LaRoque, John Nix and others ... 2011-07-08 14:00:44 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#185 July 1, 2011 -- A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today ruled that Michigan's Proposition 2 violates the United States Constitution.  In 2006, by voting 58% ... 2011-07-01 14:13:52 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#184 May 26, 2011 -- Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Camreta v. Greene, in which an Oregon policeman and a state child protection worker interrogated a nine-year-old girl in ... 2011-05-26 17:02:51 http://www.cir-usa.org/updates/index.html#183 May 23, 2011 -- Today U.S. District Judge M. James Lorenz denied both James O'Keefe's and Hannah Giles's motions to dismiss former ACORN employee Juan Carlos Vera's suit against them at the ... 2011-05-23 18:53:51