The ACLU and the ACLU-DC filed a lawsuit today charging that President Trump's election commission is failing to comply with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which is designed to ensure public accountability of all advisory committees.

The memo points out that for some claims, claimants must notify the D.C. government six months after the date of the incident, making the notification deadline for some claims July 20.

Today, ACLU-DC Policy Director Nassim Moshiree testified before the DC Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety on the “Fair Elections Act of 2017."

The lawsuit challenges excessive force, manual rectal probing, and denial of food, water, and toilets.

The highest local appeals court in Washington, D.C. — the District’s equivalent of a state supreme court — will hear oral argument in a challenge to police use of a cell phone tracking device to locate a suspect without first obtaining a warrant.

Statement by Monica Hopkins-Maxwell, Executive Director of the ACLU of the District of Columbia, in support of the bill.

“Trans women of color are being murdered in the street, and after this interaction, I felt as though we aren’t even safe in our own homes. I hope that elevating this humiliating and painful incident helps us work toward a system in which police protect us and enforce the laws - not break them.”