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Aug 28, 2017
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Transgender Service Member Ban
MARYLAND — The American Civil Liberties Union and Covington & Burling LLP today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the president’s directive banni...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
Aug 25, 2017
ACLU Comment on Trump Pardon of Joe Arpaio
NEW YORK — President Trump has pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, who was found guilty of criminal contempt for deliberately violating a federal cour...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 25, 2017
ACLU Comment on Border Patrol Checkpoints During Texas Hurricane
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that it will not be closing its checkpoints during hurricane Harvey in Texas. Lorella Praeli, American Civil Liberties U...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 25, 2017
ACLU Response to Press Reports that White House is Considering Ending DACA
WASHINGTON — Lorella Praeli, director of immigration policy and campaigns at the American Civil Liberties Union, issued the following statement in response to media reports that ...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 24, 2017
ACLU Challenges California’s Voter Signature-Matching Law
State Rejects Tens of Thousands of Ballots Over Voters’ Handwriting
Issue Areas: Voting Rights
Court case: La Follette v. Padilla
Aug 23, 2017
Police Failed to Protect the First Amendment Rights of Protesters
ACLU of Arizona calls for independent investigation, urges witnesses to submit additional evidence
Issue Areas: Free Speech
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