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The ACLU of Virginia sent a letter to Representatives Barbara Comstock to thank her for voting against the Hartzler Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act – a discriminatory and unconstitutional attack on transgender service members.
Today, the ACLU of Virginia joined a coalition of education and civil rights organizations to urge the Virginia Board of Education (Board) to postpone its final approval of a state plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
The ACLU of Virginia & legal organizations today called on the governor and officials for the City of Charlottesville to request an independent investigation into police response to Klan counter-protest.
We are saddened beyond words that Gov. Terry McAuliffe has chosen to allow the execution of William Morva, a mentally ill man, despite strong appeals for clemency from state, national and international mental health and human rights advocates.
The ACLU-VA sent Rep. Scott Taylor a letter explaining how his censorship of opposing viewpoints in a limited public forum violates his constituents’ rights to free speech.
The ACLU of Virginia applauds Hopewell City Public Schools for creating a limited public forum space where students can have access to both religious and secular materials.