Press Releases
Jun 05, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ and NAACP File Lawsuit to Make Voting Safer for Minnesotans during COVID-19 Crisis
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ, ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Minnesota, and Faegre Drinker LLP are suing Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon seeking to make voting safer in...
Jun 05, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Tells Sanford to Lift Curfew Order
SANFORD – The ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Maine today sent a letter to Sanford City Manager Steven Buck, advising him that a planned curfew in the town would violate the First Amendment and exceed h...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Jun 05, 2020
NYCLU Statement on Curfews and Interrogations of Political Views
NEW YORK – As demonstrators continue to gather to protest police violence, reports indicates that people arrested for violating New York City’s curfew are being interrogated ab...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Jun 05, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ of Alabama Calls on Cities to Address Police Excessive Use of Force
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- This week, as protests over police killings of Black people have continued in the wake of George Floyd’s and Breonna Taylor’s deaths, we have seen extensive...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Jun 04, 2020
Court Rules Tennessee Must Provide Absentee Ballots to Every Eligible Voter For All Elections in 2020 Due to COVID-19Â
In a victory for voting rights, a Tennessee court has ruled the state must make absentee voting available to every eligible voter for all elections in 2020, including the August 6 ...
Court case: Lay v. Goins
Jun 04, 2020
ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ, Groups Sue Trump for Firing Tear Gas at Protesters Outside the White House
Protesters Allege Trump, Barr, Esper, and Other Officials Unlawfully Conspired to Violate Their Constitutional Rights
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