Topic: Civil Rights

Records Request to Florida House of Representatives for Communications with the Florida Governor’s Office Regarding Gender-Affirming Care

February 27, 2023
Records Request to Florida Speaker of the House and other State Representatives for communications concerning a data request from the Governor’s Office concerning gender-affirming care.

Records Request to Florida House of Representatives for the Speaker’s Communications with Anti-trans Pressure Groups

February 27, 2023
Records Request to the Florida House of Representatives for the Speaker’s communications with transphobic pressure groups, like Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Research Council, and Family Research Council Action.

Records Request to Florida Governor’s Office for Communications with Anti-Trans Pressure Groups

February 27, 2023
Records request to the Florida Governor’s Office for staff communications with transphobic groups.

News Roundup: Attacks on Civil Rights

February 10, 2023
Each week brings more troubling news about attacks on civil rights in states across the country.

The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement and Election Denial

February 7, 2023
Election-denial activists have encouraged “constitutional sheriffs” to bolster partisan election investigations and further undermine faith in U.S. democracy. American Oversight is investigating the movement and its adherents’ ties to election denial and voter-fraud alarmism.

Florida DOH Records of Communications Concerning Anti-Gender Affirming Care Guidance

January 24, 2023
Records from the Florida Department of Health in response to American Oversight’s request for all communications sent by Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo and his Chief of Staff to outside entities.

Louisiana Department of Health Select Communications from Days Following Dobbs Abortion Decision

January 12, 2023
Records from the Louisiana Department of Health in response to American Oversight's request for Sec. Courtney Phillips’ communications from the days following the Dobbs abortion decision draft leak and the published opinion.

Records Request to Oklahoma Governor’s Office for Communications Regarding Decision to Withhold Funds from OU Health for Providing Gender-Affirming Care

January 3, 2023
Records request to the Oklahoma Governor's Office seeking communications related to the decision to withhold funds from Oklahoma University Health for providing gender-affirming care.

News Roundup: Trump Accountability

December 23, 2022
This week, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack released its much-anticipated final report on its findings.

American Oversight and the Big Stories of 2022

December 22, 2022
In 2022, American Oversight used records requests and litigation to obtain more than 750,000 pages of public documents.