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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This case involves videotapes of Mr. Dhiab, a Guantanamo detainee, being forcibly extracted from his cell and force-fed. The tapes were viewed as part of his habeas corpus case, and when various news media...
In April 2015, we filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of U.S. Army Specialist Robert Weilbacher, an active-duty medic who came to understand that he was a conscientious objector. After an...
This case arose out of the Patent and Trademark Office’s decision to cancel the registration of the Washington football team’s trademark, “Redskins.” A federal district court in Northern Virginia upheld the...
D.C. Police broke down the door to Viola Briggs’s apartment in Southwest D.C. to search for marijuana. It turned out they were in the wrong apartment, but her apartment number was on the search warrant so...
