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Fighting Trump’s D.C. Power Grab

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2025 Membership Meeting for the ACLU-DC - sold out

Membership Meeting 2025 - Sold Out

Sep 09, 2025 | 6:30 PM
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Aug 25, 2025

ACLU Condemns Trump Executive Orders Targeting Cash Bail Reform in Washington, D.C.

The President’s attempt to end cash bail risks increasing pretrial detention, which is not a real solution to preventing crime in D.C. It can actually have a negative effect on public safety, by separating people from their support networks, jobs, and housing.

Aug 22, 2025

ACLU-D.C. Responds to Hegseth’s Order to Arm National Guard Troops in D.C.

The president relied on a phony emergency as an excuse to overstep his power, and now we have a real emergency – the threat of an unnecessary and disorienting flood of armed military forces on D.C. streets.

Aug 17, 2025

ACLU Statement on Escalating Federal Takeover of D.C.  

Civil Liberties Org Sounds Alarm as Trump Administration Deploys More National Guard Troops to Scare D.C. Communities   

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D.C. Statehood Immigrants' Rights Freedom of Speech and Association Criminal Justice Reform Police Practices and Police Misconduct View All Issues

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STAINNAK V. TRUMP – CHALLENGING PURGE OF DEI-ASSOCIATED FEDERAL WORKERS AS DISCRIMINATORY AND RETALIATORY FOR PERCEIVED POLITICAL BELIEFS

Federal employees filed a complaint against the Trump administration for targeting workers, especially people of color, women, and non-binary workers, for participating in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) activities, violating their First Amendment rights.