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 September 2014 we joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 23 media entities (including The Washington Post, Gannett, NBC Universal, and National Public Radio) in filing an amicus...
Together with the National ACLU, we represent U.S. Army Private First Class (PFC) Chelsea Elizabeth Manning in seeking to obtain proper medical treatment for her gender dysphoria while she is serving a 35-...
In August 2014, we joined with the National ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in filing an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit in this case to challenge the NSA’s collection and retention of “...
This lawsuit was filed in August 2014, in the context of the large numbers of Central American women with children who entered the United States from Mexico without visas that summer. After they entered the...
Relying on a convoluted (and perhaps unintended) set of cascading statutory definitions, the D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability informed certain members of D.C. political party “state...
Back in March 2014, we learned from the media that Magistrate Judge John Facciola had invited Twitter and Yahoo to respond to government requests that they be prohibited from telling “any person” that they...