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Jun 2020
Harris v. Georgia Department of Corrections
On October 3, 2018, the ACLU and the ACLU of Georgia, together with National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people incarcerated in prisons supervised by the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). The complaint highlights GDC’s failure to provide incarcerated deaf and hard of hearing people with equally effective communication access to programs, services, and activities, including medical care, telecommunications, and prison programs. Further, due to lack of access to interpreters and other communication accommodations, deaf prisoners are also often unable to explain or defend themselves when GDC takes disciplinary action against them.
Status: Ongoing
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Georgia
Dec 2012
Lathrop, et al. v. Deal, et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Georgia have filed a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law banning pre-viability abortions. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three Georgia obstetrician-gynecologists whose patients include women in need of this essential medical care.
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Georgia
Reproductive Freedom
Women's Rights
Lathrop, et al. v. Deal, et al.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Georgia have filed a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law banning pre-viability abortions. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three Georgia obstetrician-gynecologists whose patients include women in need of this essential medical care.
Dec 2012
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Georgia
Aug 2012
Common Cause v. Billups
In 2005, the Georgia legislature passed a law requiring voters to show photo ID before voting at the polls on Election Day. The ACLU Voting Rights Project and the ACLU of Georgia joined two individual voters and five other non-profit organizations in a lawsuit challenging the law under the 24th Amendment, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Protection Clause, and the state constitution.
Status: Closed (Dismissed)
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Georgia
Voting Rights
Common Cause v. Billups
In 2005, the Georgia legislature passed a law requiring voters to show photo ID before voting at the polls on Election Day. The ACLU Voting Rights Project and the ACLU of Georgia joined two individual voters and five other non-profit organizations in a lawsuit challenging the law under the 24th Amendment, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Protection Clause, and the state constitution.
Aug 2012
Status: Closed (Dismissed)
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Georgia
Dec 2010
Valentine v. City of Douglasville
In December 2008, Lisa Valentine, a devout Muslim, accompanied her nephew to Douglasville Municipal Court for his traffic hearing. While going through security, she was informed by an officer that she would have to remove her religious head covering before she entered the courtroom, due the court's "no headgear" policy. When she protested the policy, believing it to be a violation of her right to freely practice her faith, she was restrained, arrested, forced to remove her headscarf, and jailed.
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Georgia
National Security
+2 Issues
Valentine v. City of Douglasville
In December 2008, Lisa Valentine, a devout Muslim, accompanied her nephew to Douglasville Municipal Court for his traffic hearing. While going through security, she was informed by an officer that she would have to remove her religious head covering before she entered the courtroom, due the court's "no headgear" policy. When she protested the policy, believing it to be a violation of her right to freely practice her faith, she was restrained, arrested, forced to remove her headscarf, and jailed.
Dec 2010
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Georgia
Dec 2009
Harris et al. v. Atlanta Independent School System
A class action lawsuit against the Atlanta Independent School System and Community Education Partners (CEP) for violating students' constitutional right to an adequate public education. This case was settled December 14, 2009.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Georgia
Smart Justice
Racial Justice
Harris et al. v. Atlanta Independent School System
A class action lawsuit against the Atlanta Independent School System and Community Education Partners (CEP) for violating students' constitutional right to an adequate public education. This case was settled December 14, 2009.
Dec 2009
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Georgia
Jan 2007
PRIDE v. White County School District
Defense of Cleveland, Georgia Gay-Straight Alliance
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Georgia
LGBTQ Rights
PRIDE v. White County School District
Defense of Cleveland, Georgia Gay-Straight Alliance
Jan 2007
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