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October 14, 2011: Federal Court Blocks Two Major Elements of Alabama's Anti-Immigrant Law
September 28, 2011: Court's Ruling in HICA v. Bentley Undermines Fundamental American Values
September 23, 2011: ACLU-AL statement regarding Bay Minette alternative sentencing program
September 21, 2011: Federal Court Upholds Constitutionality of Section 5 of Voting Rights Act
August 1, 2011: ACLU Applauds DOJ Lawsuit Challenging Ala's Anti-Immigrant Law
July 21, 2011: ACLU and Civil Rights Coalition Ask Court to Block Alabama's Anti-Immigrant Law
July 8, 2011: ACLU-AL, SPLC Lawsuit Challenging Alabama's Anti-Immigrant Law
June 30, 2011: ACLU-AL Perspective on Immigrants' Rights and HB 56
June 10, 2011: Alabama Passes Discriminatory Voter ID Bill
June 9, 2011: ACLU To File Lawsuit Challenging Alabama's New Anti-Immigrant Law
June 3, 2011: Alabama Legislature Passes Racial Profiling Law
May 24, 2011: Bills Passed By Alabama Senate Today Threaten Reproductive Health Of Women And Families
April 11, 2011: ACLU of Alabama Secures Access To Inmates At Fayette County Jail
April 7, 2011: Alabama Senate Poised To Consider Health Care Bills Which Will Interfere With Doctor-Patient Relationships And Private, Personal Decisions of Women and Families
March 30, 2011: ACLU Of Alabama Says HB18 Is Unconstitutional And Poses A Serious Threat To Women's Health
March 28, 2011: ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Alabama Department Of Corrections For Illegally Segregating Prisoners With HIV
March 23, 2011: Legislation Pending in the House of Representatives Will Make Alabama A "Show Me Your Papers" State
March 22, 2011: ACLU of Alabama Says Ten Commandments Bill Approved By Senate Committee Today Is Unconstitutional
March 22, 2011: ACLU of Alabama Calls For End to Distribution of Bibles and Promotion of Creationism in Limestone County School (Copy of Letter)
March 10, 2011: ACLU of Alabama Tells Legislature Immigration Bill is Unconstitutional and Violates Federal Law
March 9, 2011: ACLU of Alabama Sues Sheriff for Barring ACLU Lawyers from Fayette County Jail
July 27, 2010: ACLU of Alabama Seeks Records About FBI Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data
July 16, 2010: ACLU Complaint Charges Corrections Officials with Effectively Denying Prisoner Facing Execution Right to Appeal for Clemency
July 15, 2010: Attorney General Troy King Submits Brief In Favor Of Arizona's Racial Profiling Law
July 6, 2010: ACLU Asks Alabama Court To Protect the Rights of Pregnant Women
June 22, 2010: ACLU Moves To Intervene In Alabama Voting Rights Act Challenge
April 14, 2010: ACLU And Human Rights Watch Report Calls On South Carolina And Alabama To Stop Segregating Prisoners With HIV
November 20, 2009: Alabama School Reverses Decision to Bar Lesbian Student from Attending Prom with Girlfriend
November 10, 2009: Alabama School Bars Lesbian Student From Attending Prom With Her Girlfriend
August 13, 2009: Alabama Department Of Corrections Ends Ban Of Prisoners With HIV From Work Release
August 11, 2009: In Alabama And Across The Nation, Students With Disabilities Face Corporal Punishment At Higher Rates
July 6, 2009: Alabama School District Agrees to End Illegal Sex Segregation
June 2, 2009: Court Orders Alabama Property Manager And Landlord To Pay Damages For Sexual Harassment Of Tenant
May 8, 2009: Second Alabama School District Agrees to End Illegal Sex Segregation After ACLU Warning
March 25, 2009: Alabama School District Agrees to End Illegal Sex Segregation After ACLU Warning
December 15, 2008: ACLU Asks Alabama School Districts To Disclose Documents On Sex Segregated Programs
November 12, 2008: ACLU Warns Alabama School District That Its Mandatory Sex Segregation Program Is Illegal And Discriminatory
November 2, 2008: ACLU Hopes State's Convicted Felons Regain Voting Rights (Mobile Press-Registered Op-Ed)
October 28, 2008: ACLU of Alabama Strongly Urges State Board of Education to Reject Bible-Related Textbook
September 9, 2008: Testimony Regarding Proposed Bible Curriculum Provided to the Alabama Textbook Committee by ACLU's Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief [PDF]
July 27, 2008: Those Without a Voice Go Without a Vote (Birmingham News Op-Ed)
July 21, 2008: ACLU Challenges Alabama Voter Disfranchisement Laws In Court; Group Says "Moral Turpitude" Interpretation Violates Constitutional Right To Vote
Baker v. Chapman Complaint [PDF]
Baker v. Chapman Amended Complaint [PDF]
May 21, 2008: ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Racial Discrimination in Monroe County School District
May 21, 2008: ACLU-AL files complaint with Judicial Inquiry Commission regarding praying judge on behalf of Monroeville citizens May 2, 2008: University of Alabama Anti-War Protestors Acquitted; ACLU Celebrates Free Speech Victory February 24, 2008: Joint Interim Patriotic Immigration Commission’s proposals fuel racial intolerance in our state (Anniston Star Op-Ed) November 1, 2007: HIV Positive Prisoners Receive More Equal Treatment in Alabama After ACLU’s Efforts - Access to Work Release Program Still Needed, Says ACLU October 31, 2007: Testimony Provided on Behalf of ACLU of Alabama to the Joint Interim Patriotic Immigration Committee Regarding Potential New Laws Targeting Immigrants.
(Download PDF) July 16, 2007: ACLU Tells Alabama RV Park to Stop Discriminating Against People with HIV—Owner of RV Park Banned 2-year-old Boy with HIV from Pool and Other Common Areas July 12, 2007: ACLU of Alabama Declares Fairhope’s Wholesale Investigation of Foreign Workers Discriminatory and in Excess of Local Law Enforcement Authority Read more in our Press Release Archive >>> |
