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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On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump was sworn in as President, and many individuals, exercising their First Amendment rights, demonstrated in the streets of Washington, D.C. A few demonstrators committed acts...
This is a court-martial case in which Army investigators compelled the defendant, Army Sergeant Edward Mitchell, to enter his password on his private iPhone so the phone could be searched for incriminating...
On November 16, 2016, Lourdes Ashley Hunter, the Executive Director and co-founder of the Trans Women of Color Collective, was arrested without a warrant while hosting a gathering in her apartment for...
Ricky McComb was arrested on a warrant for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. At the police station, a group of MPD officers surrounded him as one told him to drop his pants and (according to Mr...
We represent on appeal Karen Thompson, a Treasury Department employee who blew the whistle on a supervisor (Armstrong) who had improperly accessed law enforcement databases multiple times for personal...
We represent Schyla Pondexter-Moore, a community housing activist, who was banned from attending meetings of the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) for 60 days after she was ejected from a Housing Authority...