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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During her time as a civilian employee at the U.S. Air Force base in Germany, Tanya Wood’s children were barred from the daycare facility at Ramstein Air Force Base because she refused, for religious...
From 2009 to 2010, our Fair Discipline Project assisted more than fifty students enrolled in public schools and public charter schools to obtain the due process to which they are entitled in disciplinary...
We represented Mohammad Jawad, one of two Guantanamo detainees who were juveniles when first detained. In January 2009, we filed an amended petition for habeas corpus seeking Mr. Jawad’s prompt release....
This lawsuit against D.C. and numerous MPD officers sought damages for the 4 a.m. entry and search of a home in the Trinidad neighborhood of Northeast D.C. by a police SWAT team in August 2008. Police...
