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D.C. Public Schools Modifies Technology Policy After ACLU-DC Flags First Amendment Problems

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Federal Court Orders Immediate Changes for St. Elizabeths Patients Exposed to COVID-19

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After ACLU-DC Flags First Amendment Problems With Student Online-Speech Rules, D.C. Public Schools Modifies Technology Policy

The ACLU-DC identified several constitutional deficiencies in its policy governing students' online speech.

May 12, 2020

ACLU-DC Files Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Challenging Federal Government’s Moving Felony Gun Charges to Federal Court

The briefs assert the U.S. Attorney for D.C. acted unlawfully in deciding last year to begin charging all felon-in-possession gun cases in federal court rather than D.C. Superior Court.

April 28, 2020

Federal Court Orders Immediate Changes for St. Elizabeths Patients Exposed to COVID-19

A federal court ordered the D.C. Department of Behavioral Health to isolate patients at St. Elizabeths Hospital who have been exposed to the coronavirus.

April 25, 2020

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