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ACLU-VA's Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop

The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission on June 4, 2018.

June 4, 2018

ACLU, ACLU-VA Charge Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department with Sex Discrimination and Retaliation

Department Ignored Allegations of Bias by Top Female Officials, Punished Them for Coming Forward

May 23, 2018

U.S. District Court Rules for Trans Activist Gavin Grimm in Suit Against Gloucester School Board

The U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia has denied the school board’s motion to dismiss the case of Gavin Grimm v.

May 22, 2018

ACLU-VA Urges Virginia Department of Corrections to Secure an Inmate in Solitary Confinement from Harm

Following news report that Kevin D.

May 11, 2018

Report: Virginia’s Use of Solitary Confinement is in Need of Drastic Reform; ACLU of Virginia Calls for Governor to Sign Executive Order

The report calls for solitary confinement to be banned in state prisons except “only in rare and exceptional cases, for the shortest duration, with the least restrictive setting necessary and only when the prisoner poses a credible continuing and serious threat to the security others."

May 10, 2018

4th Circuit Rules Forensic Searches of Electronic Devices Seized at the Border Must Be Justified by Individualized Suspicion

Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in US v.

May 9, 2018