NEW ORLEANS – Amid a reckoning against police violence and racial injustice, 14 law school clinics and 34 law firms have, to date, partnered with the ACLU of Louisiana’s campaign to dismantle racially discriminatory policing practices.
NEW ORLEANS – Ahead of tomorrow’s Smart and Sustainable Cities Committee hearing on an ordinance to ban the use of facial recognition technology and increase oversight of the city’s use of surveillance tools, the ACLU of Louisiana and the Eye on Surveillance Coalition pointed to new evidence demo
NEW ORLEANS – Civil rights, disability rights, and fair housing advocates today again urged the Louisiana Supreme Court and Attorney General Jeff Landry to provide guidance to Louisiana Judges and Courts on their obligation to provide accommodations for people with disabilities.
NEW ORLEANS — The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that required abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital today in its ruling in June Medical Services v. Russo.
BATON ROUGE – The ACLU of Louisiana joined other environmental and racial justice organizations in condemning the felony charges facing two Louisiana environmental activists, Anne Rolfes and Kate McIntosh, in Baton Rouge.
NEW ORLEANS – Joining a nationwide movement to combat racist policing practices in the wake of the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, and far too many named and unnamed others, 18 leading private law firms have joined the ACLU of Louisiana’s litigation campaign to challenge