ACLU of Alabama sets 2026 legislative priorities
The organization is defending voting rights and the First Amendment while calling for criminal legal reform and reproductive justice.
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Tiara Hudson and voting rights groups challenged transfer judgeships
The groups challenged the constitutionality of a transfer of a judgeship from Jefferson County to majority-white Madison County.
July 22, 2022
Anti-LGBTQ bills prompt firestorm of criticism from civil liberty organizations
The American Civil Liberties Union threatened a lawsuit if SB148 is signed into law by Gov. Kay Ivey.
Transgender Alabamians tell court lack of accurate IDs puts their lives at risk
The state has said they would rescind accurate licenses if the appeals court overturns the lower court decision.
March 16, 2022
Civil rights groups send letter to state committee ahead of redistricting
Gov. Kay Ivey announced last week that state lawmakers will gather in a special session to begin Oct. 28 to address redistricting.
Alabama’s transgender healthcare ban would face swift lawsuit
The ACLU, the ACLU of Alabama and the New York City-based law firm Lambda Legal say a lawsuit would be imminent.
Judge finds Alabama drivers license policy for trans people unconstitutional
Judge Myron Thompson found that the state's law did not meet the requirements of the Equal Protection Clause.
ACLU of Alabama condemns bill banning transgender treatment for minors
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama has condemned a recently approved bill to prevent doctors from providing hormone replacement therapy or puberty suppressing drugs to people younger than 19 who identify as transgender. House Bill 303, the Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, would make it a Class C felony, punishable by … Continued
Court blocks the Alabama abortion ban
U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson , age 72, granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking H.B. 314, the Human Life Protection Act. The state law would have banned abortion in nearly all instances in Alabama. The one exception is to protect the health of the mother. The move was expected by both the opponents of … Continued
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Recidivism rate is the tendency of a criminal to commit a crime and return to prison. This is one of those areas where fuzzy math drives you crazy getting to the facts. According to the National Institute of Justice, 68 percent of 405,000 prisoners released in 30 states in 2005 were arrested for a new … Continued