In a unanimous decision about a case out of Charlottesville,Va, the United States Supreme Court found that the Controlled Substance Act and its Analogue Act require the government to prove that the defendant knew he was distributing a substance that is substantially similar to a regulated substance.

Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia filed a lawsuit in Fairfax County Circuit Court against the Fairfax County Police Department for unlawfully storing massive amounts of license plate data collected using automatic license plate readers.

The ACLU of Virginia today questioned Governor McAuliffe’s decision to veto SB 965 and HB 1673 and promised that the organization will file suit to ensure compliance with Virginia’s current law regulating the collection and storage by government agencies of personal information about Virginians.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia today celebrated enactment of landmark legislation protecting Virginians’ privacy and commended Governor McAuliffe for signing into law bi-partisan legislation that will require a search warrant for drone use by law or regulatory enforcement agencies.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia today challenged the Governor to sign the stronger of two bills addressing government surveillance that have been returned to him by the legislature.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia today commended the General Assembly’s vote to reject Governor McAuliffe’s amendments to bi-partisan privacy legislation that unanimously passed during the 2015 General Assembly Session.

he American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia today condemned the Senate for failing to adopt Governor McAuliffe’s amendment to SB 721 that would have ensured that a person’s property could not be forfeited to the government without a criminal conviction.

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.