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 2009, opponents of same-sex marriage filed with the D.C. Board of Elections a proposed ballot initiative providing that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in the...
This is a parallel case to Jalatzai v. Gates. In Wahid, our four clients had been detained at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan since December 2008; after we sued in February 2010, three were...
In January 2010, we filed a petition for habeas corpus on behalf of two Afghan brothers, challenging their detention at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, where they had been confined for nearly two...
This Freedom of Information Act case, filed in January 2010, initially sought the report of the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility concerning the roles John Yoo and Jay Bybee of the...