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East Baton Rouge Federation of Teachers v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board - Memo in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (12/22/2008)
A motion filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the East Baton Rouge Federation of Teachers that seeks a federal court order to suspend an unconstitutional teacher drug testing policy instituted by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. The policy subjects any teacher who suffers an injury while on the job to a drug test without any suspicion of drug use.

WVEA v. Kanawha County - Petition for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief (12/05/2008)
A legal complaint filed by the ACLU and West Virginia Education Association that seeks to halt the proposed random, suspicionless drug testing of nearly all Kanawha County public school employees.

WVEA v. Kanawha County - Memo in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (12/05/2008)
A memorandum that is part of a legal challenge which seeks to halt the proposed random, suspicionless drug testing of nearly all Kanawha County, West Virginia public school employees.

U.S. v. Ross - ACLU Opening Brief (11/21/2008)
The ACLU's opening brief to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals asserting a constitutional right to legal counsel for those seeking resentencing based on the recent reduction to the federal sentencing guideline range for crack-cocaine offenses.

San Diego v. NORML - ACLU Brief to California Supreme Court (09/24/2008)
The ACLU's brief to the California Supreme Court urging that the Court reject the appeal of two California counties challenging the validity of the State's medical marijuana laws. San Diego and San Bernardino Counties are appealing the July 31, 2008 ruling of the California Court of Appeal, which held that California’s medical marijuana laws are entirely legitimate.

Santa Cruz v. Mukasey - Order Denying Government Motion to Dismiss (08/20/2008)
A ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, denying the federal government's motion to dismiss the case and holding that the U.S. Constitution bars deliberate subversion by the federal government of state medical marijuana laws.

Redding v. Safford - Opinion of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (07/11/2008)
A ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which found that school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old Arizona girl when they strip searched her based on a classmate’s accusation of ibuprofen possession.

Redding v. Safford - ACLU Supplemental Brief (02/29/2008)
The ACLU's supplemental brief filed with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old girl when they strip searched her based on a classmate's uncorroborated accusation of ibuprofen possession.

Redding v. Safford - National Association of Social Workers Brief (02/21/2008)
A friend of the court brief filed with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old girl when they strip searched her based on a classmate's uncorroborated accusation of ibuprofen possession.

Redding v. Safford - Rutherford Institute Brief (02/21/2008)
A friend of the court brief from the Rutherford Institute filed with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old girl when they strip searched her based on a classmate's uncorroborated accusation of ibuprofen possession.