In August 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana sued the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office for unlawfully jailing a U.S. citizen for four days due to a policy of detaining Latinx or Hispanic...
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Jun 19, 2019
Heredia Mons v. McAleenan
Immigrants' Rights
On May 30, 2019 the Southern Poverty Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed against the Trump administration for categorically denying release to hundreds of people who are...
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Apr 10, 2019
Fontana v. City of New Orleans
Free Speech
Asserting that New Orleans’ “clean zones” unconstitutionally restrict the right to free speech, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed a lawsuit challenging the 2018 arrest of environmental...
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Mar 11, 2019
VICTORY: Bixby v. Arnold
Privacy & Technology
In 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed suit against the City of New Orleans over its refusal to provide a map of the city’s 400 real-time...
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Dec 21, 2018
Guidry v. Elberson
LGBTQ Rights
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed a lawsuit challenging the Lafayette Public Library’s ban on Drag Queen Story Time, an educational program designed to encourage tolerance and combat...
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Mar 28, 2018
Cole v. Webster Parish School Board
Free Speech
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana are challenging the Webster Parish School District’s widespread practice of subjecting students to school-sponsored Christian prayer,...