The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia said today that it has sent emails to all members of the General Assembly last Friday and today urging them to reject Governor McAuliffe’s amendments to bi-partisan privacy legislation that passed overwhelmingly during the 2015 General Assembly Session.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia today applauded the Virginia General Assembly for the important steps taken during the 2015 Session to secure the privacy and due process rights of all Virginians.

Yesterday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon ruled in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia in a case involving a Charlottesville prohibition on begging in certain parts of the downtown pedestrian mall.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today unanimously dismissed Pittsylvania County’s appeal from a lower court order prohibiting the Board of Supervisors from opening its meetings with Christian prayers offered by Board members.

A letter from ACLU of Virginia to members of the Virginia State Crime Commission recommends against any legislation to criminalize teenage sexting, saying it would raise serious constitutional concerns and also result in feeding many more Virginia teens into the school-to-prison pipeline