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Mar 20, 2023
Supreme Court Must Reject West Virginia’s Effort to Deny a 12-Year-Old Girl Her Right to Play
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of West Virginia, and Lambda Legal urged the United States Supreme Court to reject an effort by West Virginia’s ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education
Mar 17, 2023
ACLU Applauds Reinstatement of HUD Rule Strengthening Protection from Housing Discrimination
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union applauded a final rule from the Department of Housing and Urban Development reinstating longstanding standards for challenging hou...
Issue Areas: Women's Rights Racial Justice
Mar 16, 2023
Immigrants’ Rights Organizations Rally in D.C., Demand the Biden Administration Not Ban Asylum or Lock Up Families
WASHINGTON — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International USA, Fair Immigration Reform Movement, RAICES, Community Change, Immigration Hub, Detention Watch Ne...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Mar 16, 2023
Florida's "Stop W.O.K.E." Censorship Bill Continues to Be Blocked After Eleventh Circuit Decision
The victory supports challenges to discriminatory classroom censorship efforts nationwide.
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Court case: Pernell v. Lamb
Mar 14, 2023
U.S. Army Ends Sexist “Leaders First” Policy in Combat Units After Challenge by Women Servicemembers
DoD Action Removes Final Barrier to Women’s Equal Access to Combat Roles in the Army
Issue Areas: Women's Rights
Court case: Service Women's Action Network v. Esper
Mar 13, 2023
ACLU Responds to Life Sentence for Sayfullo Saipov
NEW YORK — Today, the jury deciding the fate of Sayfullo Saipov has returned a non-unanimous verdict which means an automatic imposition of a sentence of life without the possibi...
Issue Areas: Capital Punishment
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