May 10—LAKE ANDES — A group of Charles Mix County residents who have lost trust in the election process urged their county commissioners to consider a petition that implements sweeping changes to local election laws. The petition sought to make numerous changes to Charles Mix County’s election process, the most notable included requiring county election […]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is calling into question the Norfolk County District Attorney’s request to provide a 500-foot buffer zone around a Dedham courthouse for a high-profile murder case. In a motion filed in Norfolk Superior Court on Wednesday, the ACLU is asking to submit an amicus brief regarding the DA’s expansive buffer […]
Mar. 26—The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio announced Tuesday that it formally filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio’s House Bill 68, a bill that bans minors from undergoing gender-affirming medical care such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender affirming surgery and bars transgender girls from participating in girls school sports. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday […]
Four transgender Kansans represented by the ACLU of Kansas are appealing a judge’s ruling that the ban on gender marker changes to state-issued identification cards does not violate their rights. The ACLU filed a notice of appeal after Shawnee County District Court Judge Teresa Watson sided with Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach‘s request for a […]
ASHEVILLE – Buncombe County District Court judge candidates, legal experts and elected officials weighed in on the technical malfunction that frequently kept defendants in jail from seeing the judge during first appearances in district court for about two years. Opinions vary on the severity of the situation and whether the current district court judges acted […]
The ACLU will represent the National Rifle Association in its suit against New York Department of Financial Services’ former superintendent, Maria Vullo. It was an unusual enough pairing that the ACLU had to explain it. “We don’t support the NRA’s mission or its viewpoints,” the ACLU in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter. “But we both know that government […]
AUSTIN, Texas – On Monday, Gov. Abbott signed SB 4. The controversial new law enables Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing the border illegally, and allows judges to either send them to jail or send them back. Just one day later, the ACLU and other groups filed a lawsuit trying to prevent that […]
The American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina is demanding action after the death of a teen at the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice facility on Broad River Road in Columbia. “We cannot risk more of our children’s lives,” said Jace Woodrum, executive director of the ACLU of South Carolina. On Wednesday, the DJJ confirmed […]