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Decades of punitive laws and policies have guided a failed approach to ending prostitution and have made our communities less safe. The ACLU-DC supports passage of this bill, which prioritizes public health and safety.
The U.S. citizen has been held by the military since approximately September 14, reportedly in Iraq. The ACLU filed petition on his behalf asking the Pentagon to grant him access to attorneys so he may challenge his detention.
The lawsuit challenged the actions of four Metropolitan Police Department officers who entered her home and arrested her without a warrant.
The government's overbroad search warrant implicates the private Facebook pages of two local activists and First Amendment rights of thousands of Facebook users.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled that the discriminatory denial of a request for a transfer can be a violation of federal employment discrimination law.
The suit asserts the Washington area transit system’s advertising restrictions as violations of the First Amendment.