Press Releases

Aug 22, 2016

Federal Court Rules Ferguson School District Violated Voting Rights Act

ST. LOUIS — A federal court today ruled that the at-large electoral process used by Missouri’s Ferguson-Florissant School District dilutes the voting power of the African-Ameri...

Issue Areas: Voting Rights

Aug 22, 2016

District Court Issues Injunction Against Guidance Protecting Transgender Students

“We will continue to file lawsuits representing transgender students and litigate them to the fullest extent of the law...”

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Aug 18, 2016

Justice Department Tells Bureau of Prisons to Phase Out Private Prisons

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it is ordering the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to begin phasing out its use of private prisons. The order, announc...

Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights Smart Justice

Aug 12, 2016

District Court Hears Challenge to Federal Guidance Protecting Transgender Students and Employees

FORT WORTH, Texas – Five leading national civil and LGBT rights organizations urged the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to reject an effort to block the Ob...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights

Court case: Texas v. U.S.

Aug 11, 2016

ACLU Challenges South Carolina ‘Disturbing Schools’ Law

Students Channeled Into Criminal Justice System for Loitering, Cursing, Questioning Police Behavior, or ‘Obnoxious’ Actions

Issue Areas: Juvenile Justice Racial Justice

Court case: CYAP v. Wilson

Aug 10, 2016

Department of Justice findings regarding the Baltimore City Police Department

"The Department of Justice's findings on the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) document in devastating detail what Baltimoreans have decried for years: Baltimore's Black residents ...

Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform Racial Justice

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