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ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Transgender Service Member Ban
The ACLU today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the president’s directive banning transgender service members from continuing to serve in the military or receiving medically necessary health care, and banning men and women who are transgender from enlisting.
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ACLU Responds to Trump Administration Giving Military Equipment to Police Departments
It defies logic to arm local police with weapons of war — grenade launchers, high-caliber assault weapons, etc. — but that’s what the federal government has just decided to allow.
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ACLU Comment on Trump Pardon of Joe Arpaio
President Trump has pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, who was found guilty of criminal contempt for deliberately violating a federal court order that prohibited illegal detentions based only on suspicions about immigration status.
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Advocates Applaud Governor Brown and Chief Justice’s Commitment to Reform California’s Unjust Bail System
ACLU of California Statement: Death Penalty Still Broken Beyond Repair
Today’s decision changes nothing. California hasn't carried out an execution in over 10 years and executions won't resume any time soon.
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ACLU Challenges California’s Voter Signature-Matching Law
Today the ACLU sued California for invalidating the ballots of 45,000 voters without warning. A state law allows election officials to reject vote-by-mail ballots if they feel signatures don't match.
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ACLU of CA Launches Meet Your DA Campaign
ACLU of California Statement: White Supremacist Violence is Not Free Speech
The First Amendment does not protect people who incite or engage in violence. If white supremacists march into our towns armed to the teeth and with the intent to harm people, they are not engaging in activity protected by the United States Constitution.
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ACLU reta encarcelamientos de adolescentes inmigrantes por la administración Trump
ACLU Challenges Trump Administration’s Jailing of Immigrant Teens
The lawsuit charges that federal authorities – under the guise of a “crackdown” on transnational street gangs – are embarking on a concerted effort to detain and deport children based on unreliable claims of gang affiliation and flawed reports of criminal history.
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Landmark Lawsuit Settled, Paves Way for Fair Treatment of Low-Income California Drivers
A settlement was reached today in the first lawsuit in California to challenge the suspension of driver’s licenses as a means of collecting unpaid traffic fines.
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