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Oct 13, 2017
ACLU Comment on Bipartisan Bill Halting Ban on Transgender Military Service Members
WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican members of Congress introduced a new bill in Congress (H.R. 4041) today that seeks an immediate halt to the Trump administration’s ban on...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Oct 12, 2017
Missouri’s Black Students, Students with Disabilities, Disciplined Harsher, More Often
ACLU of Missouri Report on School Discipline Analyzes School-to-Prison Pipeline, Offers Solutions
Issue Areas: Racial Justice Disability Rights
Oct 12, 2017
ACLU and Covington Challenge Government’s Search and Seizure of All Passengers on Domestic Airline Flight
NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union and Covington & Burling LLP filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of passengers of a domestic Delta Airlines flight who were h...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform Immigrants' Rights
Oct 12, 2017
ACLU Challenges South Carolina Municipalities that Deny Public Defenders to Poor People Who Are Then Prosecuted, Convicted, and Jailed
People Who Can’t Afford Attorneys Must Defend Themselves in Court Against Criminal Charges with Life-Altering Consequences
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Court case: Bairefoot v. City of Beaufort et al
Oct 11, 2017
Arizona Department of Corrections Facing Fines, Contempt of Court for Failure to Comply with Healthcare Settlement
PHOENIX — A federal judge Tuesday issued an order putting the Arizona Department of Corrections on notice that the agency is facing possible fines and civil contempt of court bec...
Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Jensen v. Thornell
Oct 11, 2017
ACLU Free Speech Case Challenges Law Aimed at Anti-Israel Boycotts
Kansas Law Requires Contractors to Sign Document Promising Not to Boycott Israel
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Court case: Koontz v. Watson — Challenge to Kansas Law Targeting Boycotts of Israel
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