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Today we sent an open letter to college and university presidents across the nation outlining five basic guardrails to ensure freedom of speech and academic freedom while protecting against discriminatory harassment and disruptive conduct.
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NEW: The Nassau County Supreme Court has struck down the executive order that banned transgender women and girls from participating in sports at county-run facilities.
This is a huge victory for all trans people in Nassau, especially our plaintiffs
@LIRollerRebels
.
BREAKING: We’re suing Iowa for a new law that criminalizes anyone who has reentered the state after being deported — including children — even if that person is now authorized to be in the U.S.
This is the most extreme anti-immigrant law in the state’s history.
Students should not be punished for exercising their free speech rights.
Today, we sent a letter to the Camden County Board of Commissioners urging them to reject an effort by two board members to incorrectly characterize pro-Palestinian speech as antisemitic.
Committee leaders are using McCarthyite hearings to intimidate school officials and press them to chill student advocacy and views they don’t like.
These hearings have already threatened student and faculty speech & protest rights across the country.
BREAKING: The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a discrimination claim from a teacher at a North Carolina school who was fired after his wedding to another man.
While this is a heartbreaking decision for our client, we'll never stop fighting for every worker to get equal…
BREAKING: We've reached an interim agreement with Jackson Reed High School in the case challenging the unlawful censorship of the Arab Student Union's pro-Palestinian speech.
The high school administration agrees to uphold the ASU students' rights and advocacy efforts by: 👇
NEW: Last night, we filed an amicus brief asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold an injunction preventing Montana's TikTok ban from being enforced because it flagrantly violates the First Amendment.
We won't stop fighting for our right to express ourselves online.…
ACLU of Michigan has seen concerning reports and videos of police aggression during protests at the University of Michigan yesterday. Those videos appear to show the use of pepper spray on students, among other actions.
BREAKING: We're suing Indiana University on behalf of protesters banned from
@IUBloomington
's campus.
The university violated the First Amendment rights of our plaintiffs, who face a one-year ban from campus for participating in political protests on the IU-Bloomington campus.
BREAKING: The ACLU of Indiana is suing Indiana University for banning protesters from campus for one year, after they were arrested at a campus protest.
We’re on the ground at Cal Poly Humboldt, where, last night, law enforcement arrested dozens of protestors.
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