Press Releases
Nov 20, 2019
Lawsuit Settled Against Harmony Fire District Over Alleged Sex-Discriminatory Firings
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today announced the settlement of a pair of sex discrimination lawsuits it had filed in 2016 on behalf of two female EMT/firefigh...
Nov 20, 2019
ACLU-MI Sues ICE About Detaining U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Jilmar Ramos-Gomez
DETROIT – Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), together with cooperating attorneys at Loevy & Loevy, filed a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Cust...
Nov 19, 2019
ACLU of Georgia Sends Cobb County Sheriff’s Office Open Records Request Concerning Conditions at its Adult Detention Center
ATLANTA – Today, the ACLU of Georgia sent the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office an open records request regarding conditions at its Adult Detention Center. The Detention Center has...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Nov 18, 2019
ACLU Sues to Stop Official Prayers, Promotion of Religion by Tennessee School District
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit today challenging widespread promotion of religi...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Court case: Butler v. Smith County
Nov 18, 2019
ACLU-MI Applauds Michigan Secretary of State for Creating a Transgender-Inclusive Driver’s License Policy
DETROIT – Today the Michigan Secretary of State announced it is streamlining the process for a person to change their sex designation on their state driver’s license or identif...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Nov 18, 2019
Settlement Reached to End Permanent Solitary Confinement for People Sentenced to Death in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Abolitionist Law Center, and counsel Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Kairys, Rudovsky, Mess...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Prisoners' Rights
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