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The petition demonstrates that racial disparities in California’s implementation of the death penalty are persistent, pervasive, and well documented. Black people are about five times more likely to be sentenced to death when compared to similarly situated non-Black defendants, while Latino people are at least three times more likely to be sentenced to death. Read More

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling allows Donald Trump to retain control of the California National Guard troops he deployed in Los Angeles while the state's lawsuit proceeds. Read More

Though today’s decision is devastating for trans people across the country, California law still protects the rights of trans youth to access the care they need. Read More

As we await the Ninth Circuit decision on Trump’s unlawful federalization of CA National Guard, the ACLUs of California thank Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta for filing suit to protect the fundamental rights of all Californians and challenge this dangerous abuse of power that threatens core democratic principles. Although a federal judge ruled to halt Trump’s deployment of the... Read More

Trump's decision to send thousands of National Guard troops into Los Angeles is clearly retaliatory and an attempt to suppress constitutionally protected protests against the administration's violent immigration enforcement raids. Read More

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed a lawsuit to block Sonoma County code inspectors from using drones to conduct surveillance of people's homes without a warrant. Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to stay a federal district court's order that had preserved Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants who have sought refuge in the United States and are unable to return safely to Venezuela. Read More

The Trump administration asked the U. S. Supreme Court to stay a federal district court's order preserving Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants. If SCOTUS grants a stay, Venezuelans who registered for TPS in 2023 would immediately face the prospect of deportation while the case proceeds.   Read More

In a major victory for civil rights, a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring U.S. Border Patrol from using practices that violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution. The ruling applies to future immigration enforcement operations in the Eastern District of California, which stretches inland from Bakersfield to the Oregon border. Read More

The League of Women Voters of California seeks to intervene in a lawsuit challenging state law allowing mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted if they arrive within seven days of Election Day. If the lawsuit succeeds, hundreds of thousands of California voters could be disenfranchised. Read More

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied the Trump administration's request for a stay of a district court order preventing the government from ending Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans while the case proceeds. Read More

A federal court today blocked the federal government’s attempt to strip Venezuelans of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) while the case moves forward. Read More