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February 27, 2023

February 27, 2023
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard; Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC
Affirmative Action
Status: Ongoing
This lawsuit contends that the consideration of race as an affirmative action measure in admissions at Harvard and at UNC constitutes racial discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
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November 18, 2022

November 18, 2022
Moore v. United States
Privacy & Technology
On November 18, 2022, the ACLU and ACLU of Massachusetts, with the law firms of Thompson & Thompson, P.C. and Elkins, Auer, Rudof & Schiff, filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the question whether long-term police use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person’s home is a Fourth Amendment search.
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December 7, 2021

December 7, 2021
Merchant v. Mayorkas
Privacy & Technology
Status: Closed (Judgment)
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the ACLU of Massachusetts have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of 11 travelers whose smartphones and laptops were searched without warrants at the U.S. border.
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March 27, 2020


March 27, 2020
Rodas-Mazariegos et al. v. Moniz et al.
Immigrants' Rights
On March 25, 2020, the ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU Immigrants Rights Project, ACLU of Massachusetts, and the law firms of Demissie & Church and Graves & Doyle filed Rodas-Mazariegos et al v. Moniz et al in the District of Massachusetts, on behalf of immigrants detained at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The filing followed news that a federal judge ordered the release of a detained class member in the ACLU’s Calderon v. Wolf suit in Plymouth County, citing the “extraordinary circumstances” of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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October 31, 2019

October 31, 2019
ACLU v. Department of Justice - FOIA Lawsuit Demanding Information About Facial Recognition Technology
Privacy & Technology
Status: Ongoing
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