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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Prior to 2013, one of the ways in which the Voting Rights Act guarded against discriminatory voting laws and procedures was to require certain state and local governments to obtain prior approval (“...
This case asked whether the Merit Systems Protection Board and the federal courts can review a decision that an employee is unqualified to serve in a position that is classified as “sensitive,” but that...
Lt. Alvarado, of the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, faced disciplinary charges growing out of his decision to speak with Fox5 News in 2012 about a controversy over whether the...
This case challenged a federal law (52 U.S.C. § 30119) that prohibits federal contractors from making contributions—even $1—to candidates for federal office or to political parties or committees in...
We represented a Muslim woman, O.W., whose hijab (head covering) was removed by D.C. police when she was booked after being mistakenly arrested for driving on a suspended license (she has the same name as...
We filed an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit in this criminal appeal, arguing that police need a search warrant to attach a GPS transmitter to a vehicle to track its movements. The trial court refused to...