Mar 13, 2020
ACLU of Oklahoma Statement on Advancement of Senate Bill 1859
OKLAHOMA CITY — In response to the advancement of SB 1859, an unconstitutional bill that bans abortion care at six weeks, the ACLU of Oklahoma issued the following response. The ...
Mar 13, 2020
ACLU Comment on COVID-19 Emergency Declaration
WASHINGTON — President Trump today invoked emergency powers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below is comment from Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU’s National Security Pr...
Mar 13, 2020
New ACLU of Louisiana Report Shows Sharp Increase in People Awaiting Trial Behind Bars
After 10.3 percent increase, Louisiana’s pretrial incarceration rate is now three times the national average and the highest of any state on record since 1970
Mar 12, 2020
ACLU of Connecticut Urges State Officials to Use Existing Powers to Release People Awaiting Trial, Certain Other Incarcerated People During COVID-19 Pandemic
HARTFORD, Conn. – In the wake of confirmed cases in Connecticut of coronavirus/COVID-19, the ACLU of Connecticut today called for state officials to take action to protect incarc...
Mar 12, 2020
ACLU of Oklahoma Statement on Seminole Police Chief’s Reported Conduct
OKLAHOMA CITY — In response to a complaint filed by the owner of a contract company with the city of Seminole, the ACLU of Oklahoma issued the following response. The following i...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Mar 12, 2020
NYCLU Sues to End Internet and Social Media Bans for People Convicted of Committing Sex Offenses
NEW YORK — Today the New York Civil Liberties Union, Rutgers Law School Constitutional Rights Clinic, and Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York filed a lawsuit to end New York�...
Issue Areas: Free Speech
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