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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The D.C. Office of the State Secretary of Education (OSSE) decided to require the schools it licenses to institute a program of random drug and alcohol testing for their teachers and staff. We represented a...
Several federal prison inmates were transferred to “Communications Management Units” for long periods of time (years), during which their physical contact and communications with the outside world,...
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. v. Hogan (formerly Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. v. Glendening)
An association of telecommunications companies challenged a 2015 FCC order that designated Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as “common carriers.” The effect of this designation is that the ISPs are...
In July 2015 we joined with National ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in filing an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit supporting disclosure, under the Freedom of Information Act, of the Department...
