Aug 23, 2019
Federal Court Affirms Award of Attorney’s Fees to Couples Refused Marriage Licenses by Kim Davis
CINCINNATI — A federal appeals court today upheld a lower court ruling awarding $224,000 in attorney’s fees and costs in the case of couples who were refused marriage licenses ...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Miller v. Davis
Aug 21, 2019
ACLU of Louisiana Sues Local Sheriff for Detaining U.S. Citizen for Four Days Because He is Latino
Staff says all Hispanic men in Ascension Parish Jail are held for ICE
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 21, 2019
ACLU Comment on Trump Efforts to Jail Immigrant Children
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced today regulations that aim to undermine the decades-old Flores agreement that provides basic protections for immigrant children de...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 20, 2019
ACLU Files Court Brief to Address Prolonged Immigration Detention and Lack of Access to Counsel at the Border
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – The ACLU of Texas and the ACLU National Prison Project filed a legal brief requesting that a federal court order U.S. Customs and Border Protection to stop i...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Aug 20, 2019
Federal Court Says ACLU Trans Military Ban Challenge Can Continue
BALTIMORE – Josh Block, senior staff attorney for the ACLU, issued the following statement on today’s district court ruling in the ACLU’s challenge to the trans military ban:...
Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Stone v. Trump
Aug 20, 2019
ACLU of Georgia, Lawyers’ Committee Warn DeKalb County Election Board Against Wrongfully Removing Legally Registered Voters from the Rolls
ATLANTA — The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, on behalf of the New Georgia Project and the Georgia Coalition for th...
Issue Areas: Voting Rights
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