One of the main ways ACLU-DC works to protect civil liberties and civil rights is through litigation. This section of our website documents the cases we’re working on now and those we’ve handled in recent years. Click here for general information about what types of cases we litigate.
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In 2018, President Trump signed into law the bipartisan First Step Act, which was designed to reform extreme criminal sentencing laws, reduce the population in federal prisons, and encourage people in...
This case is about the District of Columbia’s failure to meet the rehabilitative and treatment needs of children in its custody and instead needlessly and unlawfully extending the time these children spend...
On June 3, 2024, President Biden issued a Presidential Proclamation suspending entry into the United States across the southern border, with limited exceptions. That proclamation, and an “Interim Final Rule...
In August 2023, former President Donald Trump was indicted in federal court in the District of Columbia on criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election....