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Jul 25, 2023
Advocates Challenge Discriminatory Eviction Screening Policies Enforced by Two Cook County Landlords
CHICAGO – In two historic filings, housing advocates are challenging policies of two large landlords in Cook County, Illinois that automatically reject applicants who have any pr...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice Women's Rights
Jun 30, 2023
ACLU Responds to Supreme Court Ruling in 303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis
Washington, D.C. – The Supreme Court this morning issued its ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis. David Cole, Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union, offered the foll...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Women's Rights Racial Justice Disability Rights Free Speech Religious Liberty
Court case: 303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis
Jun 26, 2023
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal from Public Charter School Seeking Permission to Violate Students’ Constitutional Rights
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court of the United States today let stand a federal court decision holding that a North Carolina public charter school must respect its students’ ...
Issue Areas: Women's Rights Free Speech
Court case: Peltier v. Charter Day School
Jun 23, 2023
ACLU Condemns Congressional Bill To Patent Human Genes, Nature, and Abstract Ideas
A new bill would overturn decades of Supreme Court precedent and would tear down some of the public’s only protections from the worst patent abuses.
Issue Areas: Women's Rights Free Speech Privacy & Technology
Apr 27, 2023
Groundbreaking Consent Decree Requires Alaska Airlines to Change Discriminatory Gendered Uniform Policy
SEATTLE — The ACLU, the ACLU of Washington, and the Washington State Attorney General’s Office have secured a groundbreaking consent decree against Alaska Airlines, requiring A...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Women's Rights
Court case: Wetherell v. Alaska Airlines
Mar 20, 2023
ACLU Warns Classical Charter Schools that Short Hair Rule for Boys Discriminates Against Native American Students
LELAND, N.C. — According to a warning letter issued by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of North Carolina, officials at Classical Charter Schools of Leland appeare...
Issue Areas: Women's Rights Racial Justice Free Speech
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